Learn how to harness body language, cut hackneyed adjectives, and draw on the environment for ambience. No more wooden characters. You’ll transform them into believable personalities that your readers will learn to love. Or hate.
The Writer's Lexicon
The Writer's Lexicon: Descriptions, Overused Words, and Taboos
by Kathy Steinemann
Series: The Writer's Lexicon.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 48,620.
Language:
English.
Published: March 20, 2017
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Reference » Words lists, Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills
You just read your manuscript and discovered that your characters nod like marionettes in every chapter. When they’re not nodding, they roll their eyes.
Time to slash the Pinocchio strings.
Transform your protagonists into believable personalities that your readers will learn to love. Or hate.
Get in the driver’s seat, relax, and enjoy your journey—with Kathy Steinemann’s book as your GPS.
The Writer's Lexicon Volume II: More Descriptions, Overused Words, and Taboos
by Kathy Steinemann
Series: The Writer's Lexicon.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 55,480.
Language:
English.
Published: March 16, 2018
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Reference » Words lists, Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills
Writing should grab—and hold—a reader's attention. Mistakes hinder believable characters and memorable stories, but the right advice makes those mistakes easy to fix.
This book provides the resources that enable writers to create words that leap from the page into readers' imagination. It's the reference every writer and poet should own.
The Writer's Body Lexicon: Body Parts, Actions, and Expressions
by Kathy Steinemann
Series: The Writer's Lexicon.
Price:
$7.99 USD.
Words: 119,880.
Language:
English.
Published: June 30, 2020
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Reference » Words lists, Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills
Ordinary writers describe the body in order to evoke images in readers’ minds. Extraordinary writers leverage it to add elements such as tension, intrigue, and humor.
The Writer’s Body Lexicon provides tools for both approaches, with a boggling number of word choices and phrases for body parts.
Add depth to your writing. Mold the body until it becomes an integral part of your narrative.