Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings (Author Tools)

Book arrived fast and in great condition.

I read a novel the last few days and the emotions in it thrust it into one of my top fav’s.That’s how I want to write my stories. Emotional. Gripping. Unputdownable. I found this book and I plan to utilize it to its fullest potential.

Although it does have a bunch of somewhat useful beats and phrases, you can pretty much find all of that online for free. I feel I haven't discovered anything new really. I was hoping for some more guidance and learning. A lot of the 'beats' are just repeating the same thing, except changing gender. Some are just plain obvious. If you're a writer it also depends on what genre you're covering, because this is more for contemporary stories, some minor fantasy perhaps. If you're writing for example a historical novel or something like that, I'd pass, there isn't much you'd get out of this.

The book is pretty short. A lot more information and suggestions should be added. I expected it to be a solid resource, but I am still going online quite a bit to research what I need.

When I discovered this book, I went back and forth about buying it—even added and removed it from my shopping cart a couple of times. “Do I need another book about ways to show emotion in my writing?” Then I realized I don’t expect a single writing reference book to satisfy my every need. So, I bought it. It could provide something special I wouldn’t find in my other reference books.I browsed through the Table of Contents and was immediately drawn to the “Waking up and beds” section. I wasn’t satisfied with the way my protagonist got out of bed at the end of my last chapter. It wouldn’t ordinarily be an issue, but it is no ordinary day—my protagonist is about to make a life-changing announcement to their spouse. My eyes skimmed the list of beats and I saw it. “Yes, that’s it!” I opened my manuscript and wrote what I saw. The thing is, what I saw wasn’t even in the list. That’s the point—I found just the right thing to nudge me toward my own answer. This book is a much-appreciated addition to my writing reference books collection.

I got the ebook of this and found it so useful that I also got the paperback version. It is a really handy reference guide for emotions and is great for when you are stuck and need to spark ideas.The lists of action beats show so many different ways to convey emotions and it’s really useful to get inspiration flowing.I use this book during editing to get ideas for changing telling to showing when I get stuck. If you are a writer and struggle with showing emotions, I highly recommend getting a copy.

Great quick reference for when you’re trying to find the right walking, looking, or facial expression verb to convey your character’s emotions.

Great book for writers. Check it out.

A fantastic resource and reference guide for writers! Many thanks to Nicholas and all contributors. Highly recommend.

It's a good book on what not to do. It only tells. It doesnt show.

Helpful item, well put together. Thank you.

What can you expect to find in this book:- body and facial expressions- describing furniture- clothes- driving (this will help me A LOT)- fight scenes- food- A TON OF SYNONYMS- describe weather- describe d3ath- describe voice- sensory words- crying- snoringSO HELPFUL!

The sub-heading to this is book How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings sets the ethos for the content very well.The book essentially comprises lists of differing emotions combined with vast array of alternative descriptive phrases and sentences a writer could utilise. The author has taken time to note how he describes an emotion and how authors of books he has read portray them. It is from these longterm observances the lists have been created. Certainly a work of dedication, it must have taken ages.Where an emotion is not immediately self evident or may be interpreted as defining more than one reaction, the author has kindly offered explanations and expansions. With these and many others, lists of synonyms, metaphors, examples, and alternatives are also incorporated, all of which help comprehension.Authors are frequently told to ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’ e.g. convey a reaction by means of painting a picture in words as opposed to a straight forward statement explaining what is going on. This method makes it much more enjoyable and relatable for readers and is more likely to engage their own emotions. This book will prove a very useful resource toward achieving the ‘show’ style. It is certainly one authors should consider for their reference libraries.One word of warning: most of the content is set out in tables consequently, when utilising an e-reading device, there may be some formatting issues. However, these do not detract unduly from the reader’s ability to understand, enjoy, and absorb the content.As indicated, this is a book to dip into whenever a writer wishes to find a different way to express something familiar. The standard, often cliche phrases are listed but along with many alternatives which may be used per se or in part.