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10 Reasons Why Emotion Amplifiers Are Good for Your Story

May 9, 2024

10 Reasons Why Emotion Amplifiers Are Good for Your Story

May 9, 2024

As you may have heard, we recently released The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Stress and Volatility, a companion to The Emotion Thesaurus. If you aren’t familiar…

Does Your Scene Need More Tension? Add an Emotion Amplifier!

April 25, 2024

Does Your Scene Need More Tension? Add an Emotion Amplifier!

April 25, 2024

Emotion and tension often go hand in hand. If character emotion is low, story tension is also probably waning. On the flip side, tension is likely on the rise when…

What is an Emotion Amplifier?

April 11, 2024

What is an Emotion Amplifier?

April 11, 2024

Since compiling our original Emotion Amplifier ebooklet in 2014, Angela and I have discovered so much about them. They’re way more versatile than we first imagined, and we’re stoked to…

Why Writers Should Use Psychology In Their Storytelling

April 2, 2024

Why Writers Should Use Psychology In Their Storytelling

April 2, 2024

A writer’s job is to do one thing well: pull the reader in. Our words should act like a tractor beam, sucking them into our story’s world. We tap into…

The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus (May 2024 Release)

March 14, 2024

The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus (May 2024 Release)

March 14, 2024

We’re adding to our Thesaurus family! It’s been a while since our last book as we needed to recalibrate our release schedule from fall to spring (resulting in a year…

Writers, A New Thesaurus Guide Is On The Way!

February 27, 2024

Writers, A New Thesaurus Guide Is On The Way!

February 27, 2024

What’s better than being able to say a new book is coming soon? Sharing that it has close ties to The Emotion Thesaurus, of course! Emotion is HUGE in storytelling,…