I wanted to add all the writing books I have on my shelf. As I post about them I will upload links here for you.
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide To Character Expression
My favourite writers guide, with a fantastic range of emotions and descriptors for emotional body language. Part I of three.
The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws
The sister guide to the above book, an amazing guide to creating the perfect ‘negative’ trait.
The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes (Writers Helping Writers)
The last in the three sibling books above, focusing on positive traits.
The Writer’s Guide to Character Traits
Great for creating villains, and characters with interesting psychologies.
New Oxford Style Manual (Reference)
The English version of the Chicago manual of style, and the first part in a set of three that an editor recommended to me.
Oxford Guide to Plain English (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Part II
Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation
Part III – The last in this set of three recommended reads.
Write a Great Synopsis – An Expert Guide
An amazing 54 page guide by Nicola Morgan on how to write a synopsis.
Great list! I didn’t know such specific thesaurases existed!
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Thanks, I know right, these books are so wonderful. They taught me loads about writing emotion, I always have the thesaurus next to me when I am writing anything!! Hope you find it at useful as I did 😀
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