The Writer's Lexicon: Descriptions, Overused Words, and Taboos

You’re a writer. You just read your manuscript and discovered your characters nodding like marionettes in every chapter. When they’re not nodding, they’re rolling their eyes.

Oops.

Time to slash the Pinocchio strings and turn them into real live people. Award-winning author Kathy Steinemann will provide the tools. She cuts through the so-called rules and offers simple solutions.

Too many repetitions of “little”? There’s a cure for that. Do you rely on “very” too often? There’s a cure for that too. You’ll find the remedies in this book’s dispensary.

Should you ever use anything other than “said” to attribute dialogue? Are exclamation points taboo? The answers might surprise you.

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 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
• The Dialogue Thesaurus: A Fiction Writer's Sourcebook of Dialogue Tags and Phrases
• The Body Thesaurus: A Fiction Writer's Sourcebook of Words and Phrases to Describe Characters
• MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More
• Show, Don't Tell: How to write vivid descriptions, handle backstory, and describe your characters’ emotions (Writers’ Guide Series Book 3)
• Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings (Author Tools Book 1)
• Thesaurus of the Senses
• The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma
• Emotion Amplifiers
• The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Personal and Natural Places