Oh gosh I thought I missed this. It's May 24tj.

When I bought this book, I didn't know how much benefit I would obtain from its information. The concept of the Amplifiers caught my attention, but when I started reading, I realised this was exactly what I needed: the theory behind situations I often force by instinct, but always make me doubt. Knowing the theory behind what I'm doing allows me to lay this tool on the paper more confidently, and use it with more purpose and only when necessary.

This book is a writer's dream. With the importance of character flaws in a novel or a screenplay, this book places high value on the subject, in clear, precise, understandable terms. I highly recommend it to writers!

Finding the perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses for our characters can be difficult. We need to choose the right blend of strengths that make them admirable and worth rooting for—without making it too easy for them to succeed—and we need to figure out which flaws best fit our characters.

These books, cousins to the Emotion Thesaurus above, are great tools for creating three-dimensional characters.

I was so excited when this came out and rightfully so! It’s genius and just adds so much.

What a helpful inside look at the jobs characters have and how they can influence personality and plot.

This is a great book for generating ideas. I especially use it a lot for secondary characters.

So many places I hadn't considered!

Considering the way traits are expressed helps my characters grow and multi-dimentional beings.

Finding the perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses for our characters can be difficult. We need to choose the right blend of strengths that make them admirable and worth rooting for—without making it too easy for them to succeed—and we need to figure out which flaws best fit our characters.

These books, cousins to the Emotion Thesaurus above, are great tools for creating three-dimensional characters.

A handy companion to my original. I simply had to have it

The introduction alone is extremely helpful to any writer, whether a beginning or seasoned author. As they state, for a story to work, it needs emotion for readers to be able to empathize with the characters. Emotional stress is also necessary for character development. The book has fifty-two states and conditions with the power to amplify a character’s feelings, such as Burnout, Deception, Pressure, Trauma, Pain, Illness and my favourite, Hangover. Each state or condition includes Physical signals and behaviours, Internal sensations, Mental responses, Associated power verbs, and Scenarios for building conflict and tension. All incredibly useful, especially for those times you get stuck or the story needs a boost. This book should be on every writer’s resource shelf.

When writing a character study for each of my protagonists, becoming familiar it’s their wounds and the impacts they had on past and present behaviours was incredibly helpful. I reference those entries when I’m questioning whether a character would do or say x or y, or digging deeper into their psyche to explain behaviours.

Possibly my favorite and most used out of this collection. What better way to flesh out a character than with some emotional wounds.

Writers know that our main character needs a wound. This book is fabulous for helping you determine the wound or dig deeper into the wound. It will make your writing better!