The people who get my newsletter already know about this! I’m really excited about it. My book MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More is going to be for sale on Monday, October 26.
This book is designed to help people get inspired, stay inspired, vary their approaches, and most of all, write faster. I can’t stand it when I spend so long searching for just the right gesture, phrase, or description that I lose my momentum!
It began as some of my most popular blog posts, including Master List of Facial Expressions (longer and better organized in the book) and Master List of Physical Descriptions. Here are some of the other lists:
Master List of Emotional Descriptions (vivid ways to convey emotion)
Master List of Evocative Images
Master Lists of Sounds and Scents, for evoking settings
500 Words for Writing Action Scenes
175 Master Plots (Romance, High-Stakes, Family, and Workplace)
50 Character Goals and Aspirations (useful for plot development as well as character development)
25 Plot Twists
25 Plot Points That Crack Readers Up
50 Ways to Show Attraction and 50 Ways to Show Animosity
50 Ways to Show a Character Is a Good Person and 25 Ways to Show a Character Is a Jerk
Words and Expressions from Medieval England and Victorian England (for writing authentic historical dialogue)
100 Positive Character Traits, and 100 Negative Character Traits
100 Character Quirks
lists of contemporary character names, and historical names from many eras…
Plus a lot more!
The great thing about lists is that they spark your imagination. You can use anything right out of the book, and the lists will make you think of many other possibilities, too.
This book has been a true labor of love, and I think it’s going to be a great resource for fiction writers in any genre as well as scriptwriters. I hope you check it out!
I heard this was where we could sign up for a forever friendship. Is there a form to fill out? Add my name to the list.
Seriously though, I predict this is going to do great. People love lists and writers love new stuff for writing. Best of luck on your road to best seller status.
Hahahaha see bloggers, this is what happens if you tell someone that if they comment first, you’ll be their friend forever 🙂 You’re totally on the list Eric! And thank you!
Can’t wait!! This is going to be such a great resource!
Aw thank you! 🙂
I need this on my desk now! I can’t wai to get a copy!
Haha! Thanks, Laurie. <3 I hope you love it!
I LOVE THIS!!!! As a wannabe writer this is exactly the reference item that will help spur on my creativity!!!
Oh thank you Heather! I think just reading through it will spark ideas — I hope so! 🙂
Hi Bryn, I am so excited about your new book! Will it be available in paperback? I really hope so ? Please let me know. Thank you so much and many blessings to you, Roberta Kagan
Sent from my iPhone
>
Hi Roberta! Yes, it will be in paperback as well as the ebook edition. Thank you very much (and blessings right back)!
So excited for this book. This is a book I need now!!! I subscribed to both the newsletter and the blog!! And I was hoping for the forever friendship too!!
Thank you Melissa! And thanks for signing up! (Forever friendship activated!)
I’m looking forward to this too! All the very best with it.
I’m so excited to get my hands on this! So useful, and such fun list ideas 🙂
Any plans to release on kindle (amazon.co.uk)?
Absolutely, thanks for asking! It will be available there.
Reblogged this on Promises Unbroken and commented:
Great list. I for one can’t wait until your book comes out. It’s 3 days after my birthday and on the day of my daughters! I look forward to it.
Thank you so much for sharing and for the kind words! (How cool that you and your daughter almost share a birthday, by the way… and at the nicest time of the year, too, in my opinion. 🙂 )
You welcome and it is very cool. She’s my princess!
Hi! This book sounds extremely helpful and I will be sure to support it! Will this be sold on places like amazon or do we purchase it directly from your site? I can’t wait to check it out!
Hi Lindsey — thanks so much for asking! It will be for sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I appreciate your interest! 🙂
Hi Bryn,
As a budding writer, this looks like something handy to have around… can you tell me if it’ll be available in Australia by any chance? Even if its kindle version only, would love to get my hands on it! Love your posts by the way… very helpful!
Hi Bec! Thanks so much for your interest! Yes, the ebook will be available in Australia — I don’t think the print version will be, though I’m actually not sure about that! Thanks for the kind words 🙂
Thanks Bryn, look forward to release day!! Congratulations by the way:)
Reblogged this on TheKingsKidChronicles and commented:
A must-have book to add to any writer’s collection.
Bought it when it came out. I’m a blogger, of course. Isn’t it true that bloggers only are looking for love?
matryoscha.com
Thank you for this wonderful book, I am still drooling as I look through it. I believe it is what I was looking for to help me with my ramblings.