Thinking Like A Romance Writer: The Sensual Writer's Sourcebook of Words and Phrases Kindle Edition

...I don't sense that it purports to be. What this book functions as is a synonym finder in the most basic sense of the word. It explores romance terms that acts as a word prompt, and it is prettier (and more focused) than a thesaurus. My impression is that it is geared more for steamier red-level eroticism than for adolescent-grade pink-level romance. Does that help? You're welcome.

You WILL NOT actually "read" this book. You will quickly spend about 30 minutes looking over its pages to see what words and phrases are popular for a specific genre of romance.Then you will put it on your "toolbox shelf" because you will eventually find it a valuable resource for when you can't find the right word or phrase for a certain situation.The author did a good job of compiling these words and phrases, and when I begin my next series, it will be a very used book.

I briefly scanned the book before purchasing to see what the book contained and if it was worth the download. After looking at the sneak peek and chapters I hurriedly pushed the buy button on my kindle. Uploaded it and started to check it out and I have to say I'm seriously impressed with it.First the author breaks down all the physical categories like hair, head, eyes, nose, lips, teeth, tongue, arms, legs, feet, chests, breasts etc. Then you have another Part II which describes Senses, Feelings, and Facial Expressions. Part III is Describing Intimacy and you've got Voice, Breathing, Kissing, Sex under that one.Then under each section they are broken down into categories.So for Eyes you've got Root Words: awareness, eyes, focus, gaze, glance, perception, stare, vision. Then it goes to Eye colors: amber, black, blue, brown, gray, green, hazel, and violet.Then it breaks it down further for you into Green Variations, Blue Variations, Brown/Amber Variations, Violet Variations, Black Variations, Gray Variations. Under each of those variations we have several other forms of blue (like aqua, aquamarine, arctic blue, atlantic blue, azure, baby blue, etc.)Then she's got adjectives to describe each of those fantastic eye colors (adorable, adventurous, aggressive, amorous, angry, anxious, appraising, etc.)Then she gives you a few examples of Descriptive combinations for each. (cold, hungry eyes; dark, deep eyes; deep brown eyes. etc.)Then we have Verbs-Things Eyes Can DoAdjusted, admired, appraised, assayed, averted, bathed, beheld, betrayed, blazed, etc.Then we have Descriptive Phrases having to do with Eyes.He appraised her curvaceous figure.Her eyes glazed with need.His cold hungry eyes peered through the darkness.Please note the above is all from the author and not complete...its just a few examples of each category to give you examples. The adjectives/verbs used to describe each section are pretty lengthy and just reading one section at a time has my muse kicking in with all my current stories and picking a word/phrase from each to come up wiht my own unique sentences for my stories."His whiskey colored eyes roved over her figure scrutinizing. Appearing satisfied with his perusal, he winked at her before his talons closed over her again, locking her in his grasp."Just an example of how motivating this book can be to our crazy Muses. Mine is on overdrive since reading. The first thing I'm going to do is go over all of my characters and their body parts (hair, chest, mouth etc) and then I'm going to go through this book one by one to fill out each so I have them when I'm ready to write.I bought another book at the same time TheSEXaurus: Sexy Words for Writers. It didn't separate the sections in a way that made sense to me so that book was OK but I definitely preferred this authors books. I love how she actually indexed it at the beginning so if I'm looking for just "chest" info I can go to the beginning and click chest and it takes me right where I need to go. Since this isn't a physical book I really appreciate that because it makes using it a TON easier for me.I did grab my copy for free....however after checking out the book and all it has to offer myself I would gladly paid the $2.99 she has it listed for. This book is very much worth its weight in gold.I kept thinking to myself something is missing from my writing and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what it was. It was this book and the descriptions. I love the variations and it has definitely inspired me to go back over some of my current works and use this book. My favorite section is the Verbs/Adjectives for what each "part" can do.If you're looking for a bit more inspiration in your writing, I'd highly recommend you check this book out!I'm off right now to go work on my character sheets and my Kindle Fire with this book will be in my other hand.Thank you so much to the author for putting something like this together. I can't even imagine the amount of time it took to put together, especially with separating each section but I appreciate the hard work you did in doing that because as a writer it makes it that much easier for me to jump in and not get distracted or annoyed by the formatting or the way its laid out.

This book was printed on the day I ordered it so it was brand new when I received it. It arrived quickly. The information is a great guide for those who are taking a stab at writing and can't always find the words for what they want to say. The whole book is full of descriptive words and phrases. For example, if you were trying to describe someone's hair it lists hair colors, styles, long/short, curly/short, flyaway, frizzy and so on. An example phrase; She reached up to fix her windswept hair.

Could I just look things up in a thesaurus? Sure, but this is more convenient. This is broken down in 3 parts for description (body, senses and emotions, and intimacy) with phrases, verbs, adjectives, and other categories. For example, breathing has adjectives, descriptive combinations, verbs, and phrases while "the jaw" includes root words and verbs (done by and done to) as additions.It's a good way to get unstuck quickly, and I recommend the print version of this.

Love scenes can be tough to write. Like the real deal, you need to be in the right mood. Sometimes you want to engage in a bit of romanticizing, planning and foreplay, while at other times you just need a quickie so you can run back to work before the boss notices you've been in your office with the blinds pulled shut a little too long. This is not a foreplay book. This is a 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' wham-bam-thank-you-mam here's the word you need to do the job book.What I like is it's broken down by the body part or emotion you are groping for in the darkened, erm, writer's cave. Need to describe your heroines hair, or that unmentionable body part, or the facial expression your hero makes when he, erm... This book is laid out [*tee hee*] to easily penetrate an unfathomable subject.

Instead of me having to go through hundreds or romance and erotica novels to get ideas the author has done the work for you. She breaks this up into easy to look up sections: jaws, eyes, etc. And doesn't just give you adjectives but descriptive sentences as well. Again, broken down into succinct categories.A brilliant aide & reference for romance/erotica authors in one book.

The book does as promise. I was able to find lots of helpful words to use besides the everyday ones. I love how the author laid it out in body part (mouth, tongue, eyes, lips, chest). I was quickly able to remember where each one.Hoping that this can be reflected in my next book

This is all the Thesaurus you need. This book can be used for Deep Point of View for any genre, not just Romance. Excellent especially for a novice, aspiring writer like myself. This is a very thorough, well compiled and put together piece of work. Thank you Dahlia Evans!!!

Found this really helpful

Wonderful book.Saves a lot of time going through thesaurus sites and not finding what I'm looking for.Lots of tabs and highlights already.

good tips and ideas

Layout could be better as I found words to be cramped together. Lots of words grouped together; some more phrases would eb helpful.