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Summary: Seriously out-of-date
Review: This book was published in 1984, and it shows. Romantic fiction has moved way beyond the silly purple prose you find in this book. Before you rely on this book for inspiration, please read some Linda Howard or Jennifer Crusie.
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Summary: Good book!
Review: This book was wonderful in helping me come up with new ideas and new phrases. It gives you examples of everything from touching to walking away. It is a very handy and easy to follow reference book. A must have for any beginning writer who needs that little push in the right direction.
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Summary: Exactly what the title states
Review: This book was wonderful in helping me come up with new ideas and new phrases. It gives you examples of everything from touching to walking away. It is a very handy and easy to follow reference book. A must have for any beginning writer who needs that little push in the right direction.
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Summary: Great book to start your thoughts rolling
Review: This is a book that gets my thoughts going. Some of the phrases have become cliche, but there are over 3,000 descriptive tags here to choose from. Some made me laugh but most of them got me thinking of the ways my characters relate to one another.
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Summary: A Must Have!!!!
Review: This is a must have for any writer regardless if your published or just starting out. Full of helpful phrases and ideas for all different kinds of needs. If you don't have this book get it! It is arranged in a neat manner so it is easy to locate ideas. Helps you describe such things as emotions, different voices, eyes, cloths, colors, facial expressions, love scenes and so much more! Really it is a great reference book.
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Summary: Argh!
Review: What an awful book! If you actually use any of the phrases in this book, no wonder you're not selling anything. Romance writing, like any other kind of writing, is about telling your own story. This collection of cliched phrases may have some minor usefulness in showing you what NOT to do.
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Summary: I hate it when I need this book.
Review: When I received this book as a gift, I was vaguely insulted. I mean, really -- I want to feel I'm creative without outside assistance! I admit it -- I hate the thought of ever having to consult something like this. However, this book help break through writer's block. Reading the lists helps bring other ideas to mind, and since some entries can best be judged as humorous rather than romantic (to my mind, anyway), laughter can at least break the tension of that "I'm stuck!" feeling. Would I have bought this book? Never in a million years. But since I own it, I admit (with some shame) that I have flipped through it to jog my mind. Using this book for all one's descriptives would be a recipe for disaster. It's my personal rule not to use any phrases from the book (or any cliches, period). But as an "assist," I've found it useful.
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Summary: Sparking The Imagination
Review: Writers wanting to escape the dullness of 'he said' and 'she frowned' will find inspiration in the Romance Writers' Phrase Book. This clever little book's one-line descriptive phrases (or 'tags') are designed to help create chest-heaving scenes of passion, but can easily be adapted for any type of fiction. Over 3,000 descriptions are divided into sections like physical characteristics, body movement, facial expression, emotions and voices, and then subdivided again. For example, the chapter on emotions breaks down into categories such as happiness, determination, surprise, fear and embarrassment. Most writers will find some of the tags too over-the-top for comfort. Imagine using 'all of her loneliness and confusion welded together in one upsurge of devouring yearning'! More useful are expressions like 'he had depthless, jet-black eyes' and 'she flicked an imaginary speck of dirt from her dress'. The beauty of the book, however, is the inspiration it provides when you're scratching your head over how to express a character's reaction. You might not use any of the tags word for word, but you can seize on the emotion they convey and present it in your character's language.
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Summary: Sparking The Imagination
Review: Writers wanting to escape the dullness of `he said' and `she frowned' will find inspiration in the Romance Writers' Phrase Book. This clever little book's one-line descriptive phrases (or `tags') are designed to help create chest-heaving scenes of passion, but can easily be adapted for any type of fiction. Over 3,000 descriptions are divided into sections like physical characteristics, body movement, facial expression, emotions and voices, and then subdivided again. For example, the chapter on emotions breaks down into categories such as happiness, determination, surprise, fear and embarrassment. Most writers will find some of the tags too over-the-top for comfort. Imagine using `all of her loneliness and confusion welded together in one upsurge of devouring yearning'! More useful are expressions like 'he had depthless, jet-black eyes' and 'she flicked an imaginary speck of dirt from her dress'. The beauty of the book, however, is the inspiration it provides when you're scratching your head over how to express a character's reaction. You might not use any of the tags word for word, but you can seize on the emotion they convey and present it in your character's language.
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Summary: Argh!
Review: You know, I bought this book because I was writing a story and developed a slight case of writer's block. I've only just starting reading this book, but it's quickly becoming one of my favorite resources. I'd don't exactly write romance novels, just something along those lines (http://groups.msn.com/ErosInc-). I can't imagine why I haven't acquired this title long before now. I've even gone back and rechecked previous writings against some of the suggestions and ideas in this book to see if they measure up. I would recommend this source to any writer, novice or beginner.
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