The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers

Name: The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers
Rating: 4 (11 reviews)

Becca Puglisi · Angela Ackerman

Jun 2020 · Writers Helping Writers Book 7 · JADD Publishing

11 reviews

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About this ebook

Compelling fiction starts with characters who have well-crafted layers that make them memorable, relatable, and fascinating. But trying to convey those layers often results in bulky descriptions that cause readers to skim. Occupations, though, can cover a lot of characterization ground, revealing personality traits, abilities, passions, and motivations. Dig deeper, and a career can hint at past trauma, fears, and even the character’s efforts to run from—or make up for—the past.

Select a job that packs a powerful punch. Inside The Occupation Thesaurus, you’ll find:

* Informative profiles on popular and unusual jobs to help you write them with authority

* Believable conflict scenarios for each occupation, giving you unlimited possibilities for adding tension at the story and scene level

* Advice for twisting the stereotypes often associated with these professions

* Instruction on how to use jobs to characterize, support story structure, reinforce theme, and more

* An in-depth study on how emotional wounds and basic human needs may influence a character’s choice of occupation

* A brainstorming tool to organize the various aspects of your character’s personality so you can come up with the best careers for them

Choose a profession for your character that brings more to the table than just a paycheck. With over 120 entries in a user-friendly format, The Occupation Thesaurus is an entire job fair for writers.

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11 reviews

Apoorva Suresh

July 23, 2025

it is good

About the author

Becca Puglisi is an international speaker, writing coach, and bestselling author of The Emotion Thesaurus and other resources for writers. Her books have sold over 1.4 million copies and are available in multiple languages, are sourced by universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. She is passionate about learning and sharing her knowledge with others through her Writers Helping Writers® blog and via One Stop For Writers®—a powerhouse online resource for authors that's home to the Character Builder and Storyteller's Roadmap tools. You can find her online on Facebook and Twitter.

Angela Ackerman is a story coach, international speaker, and co-author of the bestselling book, The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression, and its many sequels. Available in nine languages, her guides are sourced by universities, recommended by agents and editors, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, and psychologists around the world. To date, this series has sold 1.4 million copies.

Angela is also the co-founder of the popular site Writers Helping Writers®, as well as One Stop for Writers®, a portal to game-changing tools and resources that enable writers to craft powerful fiction. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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