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The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Stress and Volatility

Discover the states and conditions that can supercharge your character's emotions, causing volatile feelings to strip your character of self-control. With 52 amplifiers such as pain, stress, and scrutiny, you'll find plenty of ways to increase tension, create friction, and unravel a character's judgment so they make mistakes.

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EMOTION AMPLIFIERS IN THIS BOOK

Amplifiers push characters beyond their limits. Brainstorm the body language, dialogue cues, thoughts, and visceral sensations associated with all 52 amplifiers below, showing readers how psychological and physical strain will shape your character's actions and choices.

  • Addiction
    Arousal
    Attraction
    Being Stuck
    Bereavement
    Boredom
    Brainwashing
    Burnout
    Chronic Pain
    Cognitive Bias
    Cognitive Decline
    Cold
    Competition
    Compulsion
    Confinement
    Danger
    Deception
    Dehydration

  • Distraction
    Exhaustion
    Hangover
    Hormonal Imbalance
    Hunger
    Hyperactivity
    Hypnotized
    Illness
    Indecision
    Injury
    Instability
    Intoxication
    Isolation
    Lethargy
    Malnutrition
    Mental Health Condition

  • Mortal Peril
    Pain
    Panic Attack
    Physical Disorientation
    Physical Health Condition
    Possession
    Pregnancy
    Pressure
    Psychosis
    Puberty
    Scrutiny
    Sensory Overload
    Sleep Deprivation
    Stress
    Substance Withdrawal
    Torture
    Trauma
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