Book ReviewsA fine first book on dialogue, teaching that every line must earn its place, advancing plot, revealing character, carrying emotion, and giving subtext the depth it deserves. The single-author focus helps you learn the skill whole. Reliably useful for dialogue…
Book ReviewsAsk why a character is the way they are and most writers stop at the surface. This refuses to: it works at the wound underneath, mapping the false beliefs, fears, and behaviors a trauma grows into. Where backstory becomes arc,…
Book ReviewsEvery writer hits the wall of describing a furious character as clenched-jaw, pounding-heart for the fortieth time. This is the cure: 130-plus emotions broken into body language, sensation, thought, and concealment cues. A tool you open mid-draft and dog-ear, not…
Book ReviewsThe Emotion Thesaurus shows you how to render a feeling; this companion shows you why it is running hotter than it should. Stress, exhaustion, hunger, intoxication, the amplifiers that make characters make the choices that drive a story. Sharp, focused,…
Emotion in WritingWriters open up about the scenes that fought them hardest and why the difficulty is often where the best writing lives. A roundup of real answers.
Emotion in WritingWriters admit to crying, laughing, and being wrung out by their own pages, and why that emotion is often a sign the writing works.
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