Another book joins the family today: The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Stress and Volatility!
Writing authentic emotional reactions can be difficult when a character is the sort to hide what they feel. Whether it’s due to fear, painful past trauma, or personal insecurities, they believe that if they keep their emotions in check, it will save them from being judged, feeling vulnerable, or being viewed as weak.
Sure, self-preservation is common in the real world (don’t we all hide our feelings at times?) but in fiction, it can spell disaster.
Why? Because emotions need to be accessible to readers if we want them to care.
One way or another, our characters need to reveal what they truly feel, and this is where an emotion amplifier can be a handy tool. These states or conditions act as a challenge, conflict, and emotional destabilizer all rolled into one.
Pain, pressure, competition, mortal peril, arousal…these and other amplifiers have the power to increase a character’s volatility, making it nearly impossible for them to emotionally self-regulate. This sets them up for overreactions, misjudgments, and (hopefully) colossal mistakes they will need to fix and learn from.
A Companion to The Emotion Thesaurus
What began as a small ebooklet is now an expanded second edition that explores 52 unique amplifiers capable of causing physical, cognitive, and psychological strain. In addition to our signature descriptive lists, this companion will show you how to use amplifiers to enhance inner conflict, overturn the status quo, reveal deeper emotions & vulnerability, and create opportunities for your characters to gain self-awareness and personal growth!
A more detailed look at this book
The list of amplifiers covered in this guide
What writers are saying about The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus
Where to find it in print and digital formats or buy direct as a PDF.
Win a Free Workshop!
We are so excited for you to meet this new book we’re doing something fun to celebrate: a workshop giveaway! If you’d like to win a seat in a Zoom webinar where we’ll dive into Emotion Amplifiers and show you their superpowers, enter below.
Giveaway now closed – watch your inboxes!
Psst! Your odds are great – our Zoom room holds 100 seats!
The date and time for this workshop are yet to be determined, but if you win and can’t make it in person, don’t worry. A recording will be available for a limited time.
Enter by May 17th, and good luck!
Don’t forget to let your writing friends and clients know about this giveaway – we’d love to see you all win seats!
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.
Happy Release Day! This looks like such a helpful resource! Thanks for this blog post and for the link to the giveaway opportunity! Good luck, everyone!
Hi Heather–thanks for your visit and good luck in the draw!
I’m so excited for you! (And for us…but always for you two.) Can’t wait to read it, and see what magic this lets me get up to in OneStop.
Magic! That’s the goal :). We’re so thankful for your support, Jenny.
Congrats on another great book released for our writers’ toolchests!
Thanks so much, Dorothy. This one is a bit different in that amplifiers aren’t as well known as the other story elements we’ve highlighted. We’re hoping it opens writers’ eyes to all the ways amplifiers can be used to enhance their stories.
A huge congratulations to you, ladies! Sharing everywhere!
Thank you so much Jan! We are excited to help writers go further with their character’s emotions!