Forum: Writers


Subject: Looking For Book Of Body Expressions For Writers

zonkerman opened this issue on Jun 24, 2007 · 3 posts


zonkerman posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 5:52 PM

Can anyone recommend some books that provide lists of terms or phrases that offer descriptions of human emotions such as anger?  I'm looking for something that would provide examples helpful to someone who is trying to portray a character's feelings without actually saying what they are feeling.  For example,

FEAR:
1)  Her hands trembled as she turned the door knob.

ANGER
2)  He puffed with squinted eyes and gritting teeth as he tightened his grip.

I'm particularly interested in suggested descriptions of facial parts such as eyebrowse, eyes, forehead, mouth, cheeks, etc. to communicate various emotions.

Thanks in advance.