It’s a big anniversary for us, folks! Ten years ago today we hit the publish button on The Emotion Thesaurus.
10 Years. Can you believe it?
We wrote this book hoping to help others who struggled with showing character emotion, but deep down, we were terrified. It was our first book. We were nobodies…who would take us seriously? And we were self-publishing at a time when the industry wasn’t too fond of that just yet.
We had no idea it would go on to become so well-loved book. And oh my gosh, guys–thank you so much for that!
Many of you have told us the Emotion Thesaurus never leaves your desk, and it’s hard to describe how good that makes us feel. Talk about honored. It got us thinking about the many other must-have resources that help writers create, publish, and build satisfying careers. That led to a very big question:
What would the Ultimate Writer’s Toolkit look like?
So, we polled other writers, made a list of the best of the best, and then reached out to the leaders in our industry to see if they would help us build an ULTIMATE toolkit and give it away.
The Ultimate Writer’s Toolkit Giveaway
Buckle in, writers, because one of you will win…
A 1-Year Subscription to Jane Friedman’s The Hot Sheet: An award-winning newsletter that will keep you up to date on the market, industry news, author earnings, trending topics, and new opportunities. (Value: $59)
Writer’s Digest’s Get Published in 2022 Bundle: Nine amazing resources to help you stay productive, get published, and keep a positive mindset, so you reach your creative goals. (Value: $79.99)
Joanna Penn’s Author Business Plan Course: Learn the elements of an effective business plan, questions you need to answer to discover what lies behind the plan, and how to act on decisions made to take your author career to the next level. (Value: $99)
A 1-Year Subscription to One Stop for Writers: Everything a writer needs to create fresh, breakout fiction: powerful character and plotting tools, worldbuilding surveys, worksheets, the largest show-don’t-tell database available anywhere, and a Storyteller’s Roadmap to guide you from that first idea all the way to a publish-ready book. (Value: $105)
A Scrivener Writing Software License: Provides all you need to write and brings together your notes, research, and writing…so it’s always at hand. It also lets you set word targets for your entire manuscript or for the current writing session—which can be great motivation. (Value: $49)
A 1-Year ProWritingAid License: More features than any other manuscript editing software on the market! Improve your writing quickly and efficiently with thousands of grammar, spelling and readability improvements delivered in real-time as you write. (Value: $79)
The Hero’s Two Journeys Video Access: Two of Hollywood’s top Story Experts, Michael Hauge & Chris Vogler, reveal the secrets of mastering Plot Structure, Character Arc, Identity, Essence, Archetype and Theme. (Value: $39)
A 1-Year Subscription to StoryTeller: Get ready for revision to get a lot easier! Use Fictionary’s 38 Story Elements to evaluate your story scene to scene so only your best writing makes it to the page. (Value: $200)
A 1-Year Premium Membership to The Critique Circle: Continuously improve your writing by critiquing others and building relationships with authors who will help with your manuscripts. You can receive multiple critiques and compare feedback to see what’s working and what areas need to be strengthened. (Value: $50)
A Publisher Rocket License: Publisher Rocket helps get your book in front of more Amazon shoppers with four tools to increase book sales. It makes finding keywords, sizing up the competition, and choosing profitable categories quick and easy. (Value: $97)
A 1-Year Subscription to Book Brush: The easiest way to create professional ads, social media images, and 3D book covers using author-specific stamps, templates and animations. (Value: $99)
A 1-Year Subscription to StoryOrigin: Build your mailing list, increase sales, and find reviewers for your book all in one place. Everything an author needs to super-charge their marketing! (Value: $100)
A Writers Helping Writers Thesaurus Set*: Nine bestselling writing guides to help you activate the power of show-don’t-tell to involve readers more deeply in the world, events, and emotional undercurrents of your book. *US winner: print, International winner: digital. Emotion Amplifiers is digital only
Say, are you drooling?
It’s okay, we don’t blame you!
We can’t wait to see who wins this unbelievable writing toolkit. It won’t just improve someone’s writing – it will accelerate their career!
Runner-Up Prize Alert!
Because Writer’s Digest is so generous, they are also offering a runner-up prize:
Writer’s Digest NaNoWriMo Prep Bundle: Tons of tools to get your creativity flowing, keep you motivated, and complete your first draft in 30 days. ($56.99)
Thank you to all the generous sponsors who contributed to this Ultimate Writer’s Toolkit!
A little something from Becca & Angela
Many of you have The Emotion Thesaurus, either the original (75 emotions), or the 2nd edition (130 emotions), but you may not know it’s also at One Stop for Writers where we expand it from time to time.
In fact, we recently added 5 NEW EMOTIONS: Joy, Indignation, Misery, Giddiness, and Revulsion, so if you like, start a 2-week free trial to check out these entries (and the rest of the database), or…
Give yourself a 30% discount by using the code EMOTION when you sign up to any paid plan.
(Code valid until May 18th, 2022.)
Ready to enter the Giveaway? Find it below & good luck!
All the usual giveaway legalese applies – no purchase necessary, must be 18, and the winner is subject to our giveaway policies here. Additionally, these prizes have no cash value and cannot be exchanged. Some may have a time limit for redemption or other prize-specific conditions.
Angela is a writing coach, international speaker, and bestselling author who loves to travel, teach, empower writers, and pay-it-forward. She also is a founder of One Stop For Writers, a portal to powerful, innovative tools to help writers elevate their storytelling.
This is such an amazing bundle! I use my copies of The Positive Trait Thesaurus and The Negative Trait Thesaurus so often. This has been a great reminder about the Emotion Thesaurus too <3
Congratulations Becca and Angela on 10 years of success! What a wonderful giveaway, but you two are already a gift to writers.
Congratulations on 10 years! I love these books.
Thank you for this opportunity which is just another reason I love you guys. You offer so much free information that it so helpful, especially for newbies. Your products are awesome and reasonably priced as well.
What a great giveaway! Can’t wait to see what they do for the 20th anniversary.
Awesome! Thanks for the opportunity and congrats!
Congratulation for completing a wonderful decade, and thanks for the thesaurii.
*Congratulations! (typo 😱)
Super excited for a life-changing chance to win!
What a fantastic collection of resources
10 years is a great achievement! Congrats!
Congratulations for ten years of helping writters!
What a fantastic toolkit. Love it.
Congratulations on 10 years! Thank you for an awesome giveaway.
This is such an awesome giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
I LOVE the Emotion Thesaurus! It really helped me take my writing to the next level. Congrats on 10 years and thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Thanks for this opportunity!!
This is a wonderful opportunity, thank you for the chance!
This is awesome!
Happy Anniversary, my friends! I can’t believe it’s been ten years already. It seems like yesterday I was leaving comments on The Bookshelf Muse! 🙂
Thanks for the chance!
An incredible giveaway! I use the Emotion Thesaurus almost every day. I don’t know how I wrote without it.
What a generous giveaway! Thank you for this! <3
This is a fantastic giveaway! Good luck, everyone!
That ist amazing. I would love to win. I am writing my first fantasy novel and I read a lot of books on writing. ☀️
YAY! This is awesome! Congrats on your milestone. I love these books. They are amazing!
Congratulations and thank you for this opportunity! The Emotion Thesaurus has been one of my go to books for years now!
This is awesome. 🙂 Universe, you know what to do 😉
To another 10 amazing years! Got my Emotion and Wound thesauruses (or thesauri) right here beside me as always, thank you for the wonderful resources.
Wow! What a fantastic bundle!
Amazing giveaway. Thank you.
YAY! Good luck to all who entered (including myself).
Well, this is one very generous giveaway for sure. Especially for serious writers of different fictional paths.
Consider me entered into this contest
What a great giveaway! Thank you for the chance.
This is such an exciting giveaway! Thanks for doing it. Also, Happy 10th Anniversary!
Colour all kinds of excited!!
How do I turn notifications off for these messages please? My little boy isn’t very well and my phone is buzzing at 2am and whenever someone comments. Thanks.
HI Helen,
It sounds like maybe you checked a box to subscribe to blog comments, and unfortunately this isn’t something I can turn off, only you can. If you click on your avatar, can you see anything that says unsubscribe? (a checkbox?)
If not, go into your profile (gravatar or WP) and see if you can dismiss the action to follow comments? If you still can’t find a way to undo it, I can try to delete your comments on this post. Let me know? Sorry you’re having trouble with this.
Helen, what Angela said is absolutely correct. To easily find how to unsubscribe from this blog post, just click on “modify your subscription options” at the bottom of the last email notification you received, where it says: “Want less email? Unsubscribe or modify your Subscription Options.”
That link should take you to a page where you can unsubscribe from this blog post and still stay subscribed to others if you wish to.
Hi, Helen. I’m so sorry to hear that your son isn’t doing well. Those notifications would drive me nuts if they were hitting my phone in the middle of the night. To turn them off, you’ll need to adjust the settings on your phone; subscribers to our blog use all different kinds of devices and operating systems to receive notifications, and they each have their own settings, so there’s no way for us to make that change on our end. If you’re not sure how to do this, a Google search for turning off notifications on an X device should give you the information you need.
Please let us know if you need anything else.
I’d love to win!
Good luck!!
This looks just awesome with a lot of great tools!
It is a great kit! Good luck!
Congratulations on 10 amazing years! Here’s to 10 more…
Aw, thanks so much!
I’m a newly published author and seek knowledge on writing like a sponge. Winning would tickle me and encourge me to continue. Joyce Hynes
Fingers crossed for you!
Great package! I can attest to the value of many of these offerings since I already own a few. I am happy to share/give away those I already own, if that’s allowed.
I think each prize sponsor will have to decide if they can do that. I hope so 😉 Good luck!
Wow! Fantastic give away!!!!
It is – Good luck!
Thanks for the chance, looks great!
Good luck!
I have wanted to try ProWritingAid for such a long time. The toolkit sounds amazing. I love “The Emotion Thesaurus” it’s one of the best resource tools I have.
Aw, it loves you back! Good luck!
Many thanks for sponsoring this. Good luck, everyone!
Good luck!
Great giveaway!
Thanks for the many opportunities to produce stories.
Good luck!
Lots of great resources here! Good luck, everyone!
Wishing you luck, Amanda!
Anniversaries are always lovely to share. Thank you for putting together such a wonderful set of resources!
Aw, thanks! Wishing you luck!
I have a copy of The Emotion Thesaurus and use it often. Every writer should have one.
I am so glad the book is a help! Good luck!
Nice bag of swag!
Good luck to everyone!!
What a fantastic giveaway!
This is amazing! Thank you so much for the chance!
Thank you so much for hosting this and it would be amazing to win.
Congratulations and Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
This is an insane deal! Because I already have some of these, I’d be stoked to share them with my writerly friends! 😱
Amazing giveaway! Thanks so much for doing this. I really appreciate all the tips I find here.
This is such an amazing collection for writers. I can’t wait to share this with my Inspired Writing crew!
Thanks, Suzy! Appreciate that!
This rocks! I love One Stop for Writers! I use it almost daily!!
I am so glad! That’s music to my ears! Good luck!
Congratulations on 10 years, and thanks for the phenomenal givaaway.
This is an amazing giveaway! Good luck to all the entrants!
Critique Match is another excellent resource you should consider promoting. I have connected with a dozen great partners who I work with in various ways.
An Amazing Package! Thanks for sharing this with us, and happy anniversary!
Fabulous competition – the prizes are awesome!
Love this! What a fantastic set!
Congratulations on your success! And thank you for helping writers find theirs.
Win or not–I love the list of goodies and will check them all out. I’ve been out of the writing game for a few months to deal with family stuff, but at last I’m really ready to finish my WIP! Thanks for this!
That’s terrific – it’s always great to come back to a project. Fingers crossed for you!
What a fantastic opportunity for writers! Thank you!
This looks amazing! What a great selection of tools!
Really awesome giveaway!
Your thesauri (?) have been such a help to me! I’m horrible at reading email, but your blogs are always my starred ‘go tos’. I’m so glad you kept the faith and followed your passions! My publisher was a victim of covid. Thankfully there are writers like you that keep me going. I’m still writing, and trying out independent publishing. Not quitting.
I am so glad you are moving forward! However you publish, you’re getting your stories into the hands of readers, and that’s awesome!
That’s such a great selection of resources and a great way to celebrate! So excited!
Wow! Such an amazing giveaway. Discovering writers helping writers made a huge difference to my writing journey and I cannot praise enough, the resources and advice you offer. Thank you.
What an awesome prize!
You are incredibly generous with all that you do. You both totally rock!
Congratulations on this brilliant achievement! It’s lovely that you decided to celebrate it this way. This is a fantastic opportunity!
Such an awesome giveaway
Congratulations on your 10th Anniversary. Thank you for such a thorough and detailed platform that helps writers be at their best and guide us through the tough times of the writing process. Your hard work and support brings our stories to life x
This looks amazing! Good luck to all!
Thank you for this! What a prize!
Thank you for the opportunity to win these amazing prizes. I have all of your books.
Thank you for the fantastic opportunity!
Good luck, Michelle!
What a great way to celebrate!
Thanks for stopping in Nic – good luck!
What a great selection! I’d make use of it all! Fingers crossed!
Hi Deb! Wishing you good luck!
Happy 10th!! and thank you for the wonderful Giveaway!
Thanks so much, Janet!
Congratulations on sticking with your instincts. Those ten years have helped so many writers, me included.
I am so glad Jane – thanks so much for the kind words!
Congratulations and Happy Anniversary! What a fun giveaway with so many exciting prizes.
Thanks, Shannon! Good luck in the giveaway!
I’ve been following along for a number of years now! Happy 10 Years!! Thank you so much for this wonderful giveaway!
Aw, thanks Tara! Fingers crossed for you!
Congrats on ten years of success!!
Thank you, Leslie!
Looks like a fantastic bundle! Whoever wins will receive access to a lot of great resources.
I’m excited to see who wins it all – these really are the best of the best!
This is awesome! Thank you so much!
Good luck, Stacey!
The emotion thesaurus and the One Stop For Writers platform has been an indispensable part of my writing. I am thrilled to see this giveaway option as well!
I am so glad to hear that, Amy! Very glad these are helping you get your stories out into the world!
Awesome! I adore the thesaurus collection! (I’ve given a few fellow writers ebook copies via Amazon to help them show, not tell.)
You are so kind for doing that, Amy! We’re honored you are paying it forward with our books <3
Wow, this is one of the biggest contests/giveaways I’ve seen. Congrats, you’ve always been a reliable and trusted resource for me along my writing journey. You are truly appreciated
Gerald, you are so kind to say so. I’m so glad you’re finding what you need, Fingers crossed for you in the giveaway! 🙂
What an amazing giveaway! Loads of tools for boosting a writer’s craft. Thank you for offering folks the opportunity, and HUGE congrats on your 10 year anniversary!!
Thank you so much Sarah! I can’t wait to see who wins this draw!
Yay thanks for the chance
Good luck!
Happy Anniversary!
Thanks Linda! Good luck!
Love your books. Thank you.
Nancy, you are the best! The books love you back!
What an amazing giveaway! Thank you!
Good luck, Jesse!
What a wonderful way to celebrate
Thanks Paul – we are so excited to have so many terrific resources int his giveaway. 🙂
Wow! This would be so amazing! Incredible prize package!
Good luck in the giveaway, Lucinda! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
This is so exciting! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used your books 🙂
Tiff, I am so glad the books have been a help! Good luck in this giveaway!
What a great giveaway! I love this book and hope to win these amazing prizes.
Good luck, Nicole!
This is AMAZING. I long for that thesaurus collection! Thanks for the great contest.
Hi Heather! Thanks for stopping in–I am crossing my fingers for you!
Congratulations on the anniversary!
Aw, thanks so much! I feel a bit old knowing its been 10 years, haha!
Congratulations on your anniversary. I am such a fan of your books.
Aw, thank you Shelley – I am honored! Good luck in the giveaway!
Happy Anniversary! This giveaway is a treasure trove!
It is such a dream treasure trove! Some of these things I have and use and I am so excited for whomever wins!
This is an awesome giveaway; thank you!
Thanks so much for always being in our corner, Cheryl!
Thanks for the chance!
Good luck, Abbie!
Congrats! What an amazing giveaway!
Thanks, Jennifer! Good luck!
I love my thesaurii.
They love you back!
Wow! What a wonderful haul that would make. Thank you for all you have done for writers everywhere.
Thanks for being in our corner, Tom, and good luck!
Congratulations and Happy 10th Anniversary, Angela & Becca. I love all the helpful support you give to us writer’s; thank you and what a great giveaway 🥰💞💐🌈❤️💜💙💚💛🧡🌈🎉🎊🥂🍾🍹
Aw, Ann, you are the best! Thank you so much! This is such a great community and I love hoe everyone is there for each other 🙂 Good luck in the draw!
Congratulations on 10 years. The giveaway looks amazing. Count me in.😊
Thanks so much, Jet! Good luck!
I’d be lost without my Emotion Thesaurus!
Aw, you are so awesome for saying so! I am so glad it helps!
Congrats on 10 years! That’s amazing!
Thank you Thien-Kim! Good luck in the draw!
What an amazing array of resources! Just one would be fantastic, but all together in one prize package? Of course I’m in! Thank you, Angela and Becca, for being such phenomenal leaders (and cheerleaders) for writers!
I think the best part of the writing community is how we’re all links in a chain. So many have helped us and we love doing it in turn when there’s an opportunity 🙂 Good luck, Michael and thanks for always being there for us!
I agree and it’s always a pleasure! Best of luck to you and Becca for the next ten years!
Amazing way to celebrate 10 years! What fantastic products! Good luck, everyone.
Thank you Becca and Angela.
Thanks Val! I can’t wait to see who wins! Good luck to you!
What a fantastic prize. I never win anything, but I sure would love to win this!!!!!
Haha, as soon as someone says that they win something in my experience! I hope that is yoru lucky declaration!
This is so amazing, and I can’t believe it’s been 10 years!! You guys rock!
I know–I feel kinda old knowing it’s been 10 years, haha! Good luck and thanks for the kind words, Elli!
Hi there. I’m so happy for you! You’ve always been a tremendous help to me–everything from the thesauruses, your blog, your first page contests, the list goes on–and I appreciate you. Hoping I can win this!
Jessica, we appreciate you! Thanks for your visits and trust in us! Good luck in the giveaway!
Fantastic, thank you!
Good luck!
Thank you so much for all the great content!
You’re welcome – Good luck!
This would pretty much be like winning the lottery for a writer! Congrats on your anniversary and thanks so much for the contest! I read every prize like, wait, what? They’re including THAT, too?! Amazing!
Thank you! And yes, this is such a great toolkit – it’s so exciting to have so many offer up these incredible resources. Good luck!
Love these books!
They love you back!
Happy 10th Anniversary! Great contest and raffle — Thanks for everything you do!
Thank you so much, Marie!
Congratulations! This is an amazing list of resources. So generous of all involved.
I agree – these industry leaders are so generous. Such a great toolkit!
Congratulations on 10 years! What a great resource you all provide 🙂
Aw, thank you, Jenny! <3
I’ve got several of the Thesaurus already and some of the other prizes. I would still be great to win.
Fingers crossed for you, Mike!
Such an amazing contest! Thanks for the chance to win these awesome prizes.
Good luck!
Great contest! I’m in!
Woot! Good luck!
What a great way to celebrate. Congrats on ten years of helping and encouraging writers.
Thanks so much – we love what we do 🙂
I need to up my stock of references to build a better story. This may be it.
Fingers crossed for you!
Yes, I’m drooling! And I also frequently use the Emotion Thesaurus. Bought the expanded one the day it came out! The others are often useful when planning, but when I’m doing line edits, the digital Emotion Thesaurus stays open on my laptop!
So glad to hear this book is a good writing buddy! Good luck, Abigail!
10 years! It certainly doesn’t feel that long. Time does indeed fly!
Congrats to you both – and here’s to many more years and books!
I know! I was kind of shocked – it doesn’t feel like that long. I guess I am old now haha!
Congrats on Ten. Great tool. You are always generous to the community. Thanks.
Thank you so much! Good luck in the draw!
Happy Anniversary! And this sounds like a fabulous giveaway!
Thanks, Karen — good luck!
I e been struggling lately. This is just the thing to get me going again! You guys are awesome!
And of course there’s a typo. Lol. Figures, right?
I hope so –fingers crossed for you!
Wow! Awesome! This really is the ultimate writer’s toolkit!
Yes, this is such a great toolkit – it’s so exciting to have so many generous folks offer up these incredible resources. Good luck!
Congratulations on ten years! Here’s to ten more!
I’ve been a member of One Stop For Writers for several years now. I work as a freelance editor for a Christian publishing house, and I’ve recommended One Stop to just about every author I’ve edited. It’s a super resource. I’m glad y’all are there! You make my job easier every day!
You are so very wonderful – thank you for doing that! I am so glad to know OSFW is helping you and your authors. Music to my ears! Good luck in the draw!
Wow! Has it been 10 years? Congratulations. 🙂
I know, I feel old, haha! Good luck!
What a wonderful giveaway! Congrats on ten years!
Thank you and good luck! 🙂
Pity it’s all on Twitter, I avoid it because of all the abuse and crazies. As I tried to post this it was rejected saying it’s a duplicate comment. As I haven’t posted before that is curious.
Oh it’s not on twitter – there are a few extra ways to enter using it, but others ways to enter as well 🙂 Good luck in the draw!
What an incredible giveaway! Thank-you for all you do for our writing community.
Happy to do it, Sean, and all these p[prize sponsors are the real heroes! So very generous!
What an incredible giveaway! You have blown my mind, ladies. As always, thanks for giving so much to the writing community. You make us feel appreciated, and we appreciate you!
Aw, thank you so much for saying that. We love to do what we do and feel blessed to be able to do it. <3 Good luck in the draw!
Congratulations on TEN years. This is a awesome giveaway. So many of the tools I’ve wanted to have. So generous of everyone who worked hard to make their writing program the best.
Count me in.
I have fingers crossed for you! I’m so excited to see who will win!
What a giveaway!
Good luck!
Congrats on anniversary! Thank you for this generous giveaway and all the advice and help you offer!
Thank you so much! Wishing you luck, Quinn!
Congratulations on your 10-year anniversary! Here’s to many more. I can’t thank you enough. This book is amazing, it has taught me so much! I don’t know what I would do without it. And many thanks for this giveaway!
Aw, thank you so much! I am so glad to hear this book has helped you on your journey!
You are one of the few writing sites I still follow. Thank you for all you do and congratulations on your anniversary!
Thank you Rebecca, and good luck to you!
Angela and Becca,
Congratulations on reaching 10 years of success and for making us writers more successful and word-wise in the process.
Another fabulous giveaway, fingers crossed I win!
Thanks so much Tim. We love getting to help writers – it’s the best job on the planet. Fingers crossed for you – good luck in the giveaway!!
What a generous giveaway! Thanks for helping so many writers.
Happy to, and good luck to you!
Happy Anniversary! You’ve been a great help to me in my writing.
Aw, I am so glad to hear that! Good luck in the draw!
Wow, what a wonderful set of tools. Your website and books are so helpful. I am a beginning writer. I have used the Emotion Thesaurus to understand my character motivations better. I can’t wait to see how these other tools help.
I am so glad to hear that, Bonni! It definitely helps to understand what’s going on under the surface of our characters–makes them easier to write! Good luck to you!
Congratulations on your 10-year anniversary! And thanks for the opportunity to enter and a chance to win this fantastic give-away.
Thank you, Sarah! Good luck in the draw!
What a fabulous giveaway! Very generous and totally worth it for the serious writer.
Good luck in the draw!
Awesome giveaway! Thanks so much!
Thanks for stopping in, and good luck!
The gift pack looks amazing! Good luck fellow writers 🙂
Good luck in the draw!
So glad I found this amazing offer for a fantastic tool set after attending a Scrivener workshop! Happy 10th!