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

Whether you’re a seasoned storyteller or just starting to explore the writing realm, this guide will amp up your emotional arsenal. Let’s get those characters feeling, reeling, and revealing their inner chaos for all to see.

In this thesaurus, a wide variety of conflicts are described. For each, the thesaurus lists examples, minor complications, potentially disastrous results, resulting emotions, possible internal struggles, negative traits that may worsen the situation, impact on basic needs, positive traits to help the character cope, and positive outcomes.

In short, everything a writer might want to know!

Looking to strengthen your writing? You won't go wrong with any of the books in this series, but the Conflict Thesaurus might just be your favourite!

In December 2012 a good friend gave me a copy of The Emotion Thesaurus – A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression, by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi, as a Christmas gift. It was the best gift ever and has been a huge help to my writing over the past twelve years. Since then I have recommended this useful writer’s aid to many other writers. In this second edition, the list of emotions has been expanded giving writers a broader choice to help show instead of tell. A must for every writer to have in their tool box.

I use this book a lot. Helps generate new ideas or dig deeper into description you've already written (first draft stuff) and make it better.

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.

Emotions are at the heart of my stories and my characters. This is a fabulous resource to help with that!!

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.

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

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

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

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.

So many places I hadn't considered!

Ah, conflicts are the fuel that propels stories. Including realistic conflicts along with emotional responses and physical character reactions helps bring stories to life, because we can all relate!

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!