Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, listing beats you can use to convey:

Worry

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A simple “he frowned” is the easiest way to portray a troubled character. It can get overused rather fast, though. Consider instead some of these alternatives to portray worry:

Frowns

• Dissatisfaction plowed his brow.
• Up went his eyebrows.
• One heavy eyebrow slanted in strong disapproval.
• His expression slid into a frown.
• His brow furrowed.
• Her knitted eyebrows told me she did not believe me
• Her forced nod of agreement told me I had failed to convince her.
• His forehead creased with worry.
• He had a little furrow between his eyebrows as he thought.
• A deep frown crossed / creased his brow.
• He scrunched his…