Becca Puglisi is an international speaker, writing coach, and bestselling author of The Emotion Thesaurus and its sequels. Her books are available in five languages, are sourced by US universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. She is passionate about learning and sharing her knowledge with others through her Writers Helping Writers blog and via One Stop For Writers—a powerhouse online library created to help writers elevate their storytelling.
Congrats! I’m so excited for you, and excited for us.
I just bought the Emotion Thesaurus and look forward to adding the Character Traits to my writers toolbox. Thanks
This is perfect! I’ve been looking for a good resource for character traits! 🙂 Thanks so much for this wonderful tool!
Can’t wait! You guys so rock! Your blog is any writers dream.
I love this blog.
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You guys are so awesome! Can’t wait to see this new thesaurus!
This has gotta be the best thesuarus yet. I’m always up all night trying to spice up the characters.
OH, I am so excited to see what you guys come up with. C: your blog is so helpful.
This is such a great idea, I’ve added your button to my blog. 😀
OH you are GOOD! Fantastic idea!
What a great idea! Your Thesauruses (thesauri?) are awesome.
Thanks for your supportive comment on my post. The best pro-conference therapy ever!
Yea! This sounds amazing! Can’t wait to read more! Many thanks, as always.
AWESOME!
Sounds great!
Oh my wow and SUweeet! That is all:)
Can’t wait until it comes out!
This will be another great addition to your sidebar…
ANOTHER reason to love this blog. Thank you!!
If you ladies stop by my blog, you can pick up your *Award*
Thanks for a great blog!
Sharon 🙂
Can’t wait to see it! By the way, this is a great blog…I know it’s going to help me with my writing a LOT!
Can’t wait to see it! By the way, this is a great blog…I know it’s going to help me with my writing a LOT!
Thanks everyone. We are totally jazzed about this new thesaurus and hope it really helps you think about traits in a new way!
@EEV I love Pippin. And Merry. They are both such awesome characters, so they inspire us to create new versions of them!
@Valley, yes there is a positive and negative aspect–you’ll have to have a look and tell us what you think of it.
@SP, at some point, I could see us creating a list in a single post, but of course these tags should always be used in moderation anyway. If you’re looking for something close to beat tags that is also emotional showing, look up our emotion thesaurus entries in the sidebar.
Angela
Awesome new thesaurus!
This will be a great resource! I can think of another thesaurus like this that I’d love to have, but might require more than one or two words — action tags. I way overuse some, like “he shrugged,” “she grinned,” etc, and am constantly struggling to come up with a new way of phrasing things but also keeping it simple.
Oi, I listed a dozen characters in my writing and their traits in the space of a few seconds…. I love all my characters and LOVE creating them. XD
This sounds like an awesome thesaurus to have on hand and I am glad I am following you now. 😀
Ooo. I love it! Can’t wait to see what you come up with.
You are my hero. Character creation is really the bane of my existence. Once they’re formed in my mind, I can easily put them in the story… it’s just getting to that point that takes some time. Thanks for this new thesaurus!
I’m so excited! All your thesaurus’ are helpful, and I’m excited about this one!
Fantastic idea! This site just gets more and more helpful 🙂
It sounds like a great new thesaurus! 🙂
Sounds like a neat tool to help w/getting to know your characters. Thanks!
Wow, that’s great! And a true challenge I bet. Good luck!
another great reason to stop by.
This sounds like it’s going to be a fantastic resource! Really looking forward to it.
Are you going to delve into the positive and negative aspects of a particular trait? E.g. someone who is unorganized is also likely to be spontaneous?
Awesome! I’m excited for this new thesaurus!
Woohoo! That’s my kind of thesaurus. ;D
Thanks so much for the new addition you planned. It sounds fabulous. Your blog is my very favorite and I read/use it daily.
Nothing to add but more excitement. Can’t wait!
Sounds great! Can’t wait! 🙂
Is it possible to love you guys more than I already do? Before today, I would have said no… today: YES! <3<3<3
Yay, so exited for this!
Can’t wait! Thanks Becca.
Loved the idea!
P.S. Can someone explain me why I’m so obsessed with Pipin from LOTR? When someone asks me to think about a character, he pops up automatically. I love the little guy. 🙂 LOL
– EEV
This looks so exciting! Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
OMG, so excited about this!! I love learning tools to add to my toolbox.
Sounds awesome! Can’t wait. 🙂
This sounds like a really useful resource! I’m looking forward to your posts.
I look forward to this new thesaurus!