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What if there was a shortcut for helping readers get to know your characters? Would you take it?

Characters are as complex as people and revealing their inner layers without chunky blocks of pace-stopping description is a challenge. The Occupation Thesaurus can help you unlock one of the best tools in your show-dont-tell writing kit: a characters job.

Occupations are part of our everyday world, meaning they can be used to encourage readers to make associations between a type of work and the person doing it, shortening the get to know the character curve. Whether a person loves or hates what they do, a job can reveal many things, including their priorities, beliefs, desires, and needs. The Occupation Thesaurus will show you how a career choice can characterize, drive the plot, infuse scenes with conflict, and get readers on the characters side through the relatable pressures, responsibilities, and stakes inherent with work.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX REGARDING CAREER OPTIONS

Select a job that packs a powerful punch. Inside The Occupation Thesaurus, youll 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 characters choice of occupation
  • A brainstorming tool to organize the various aspects of your characters personality so you can come up with the best careers for them

Do more with your description and choose a profession for your character that showcases who they are, what they want, and what they believe in. With over 120 entries in a user-friendly format, The Occupation Thesaurus is an entire job fair for writers.

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THE OCCUPATION THESAURUS:
A Writers Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers
ANGELA ACKERMAN
& BECCA PUGLISI
THE OCCUPATION THESAURUS: A WRITERS GUIDE TO JOBS, VOCATIONS, AND CAREERS.
Copyright 2020 by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
All rights reserved
Writers Helping Writers
No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in print or electronic form without prior permission of the authors. Please respect the hard work of the authors and do not participate in or encourage the piracy of copyrighted materials.
ISBN: 978-0-9992963-8-7
Edited by Michael Dunne and C.S. Lakin
Book cover design by JD Smith Design
Book formatting by JD Smith Design
MORE WRITERS HELPING WRITERS BOOKS
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writers Guide to Character Expression (Second Edition)
The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writers Guide to Character Attributes
The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writers Guide to Character Flaws
The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writers Guide to City Spaces
The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writers Guide to Personal and Natural Places
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writers Guide to Psychological Trauma
Emotion Amplifiers: A Companion to The Emotion Thesaurus
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITS ALL IN THE DETAILS
Wherever you are on the creative path, sooner or later one question pokes its way to the center of your thoughts: What does it take to become a masterful storyteller?
The answer? So many possibilities. Is it tenacitya butt-in-chair mentality that keeps authors chipping away at their stories, no matter how many drafts it takes to get it right? Is it hard-won knowledge acquired from thousands of hours of focused reading, studying, and applying ones craft? Is it a passion for uncovering a characters deepest layers to give readers realistic players who have desires, fears, and vulnerabilities just as they do?
Honestly, it would be hard to list all the contributing factors for becoming a great storyteller, but one thing is certain: skilled writers display a willingness to see the job through. Whether they are researching, planning, drafting, or revising, they seek to unearth whats meaningful, which requires paying careful attention to the details.
And details? Well, they matterin careers, life, and storytelling.
Lets consider the focal point of any work of fiction: the protagonist. We know that readers respond to the ones who are relatable and interesting and whose behaviors make sense within the story. To create characters like these, we authors must know a lot about them: their personality traits, emotional wounds, passions, hobbies, quirks, and so much more. These details are important because theyll reinforce our protagonists desires, goals, fears, and needs, which, in turn, define their arcs and determine their actions throughout the story.
One detail often overlooked by writers is the characters occupation. Perhaps it seems insignificantan aspect of characterization that simply rounds the character out rather than lending strength to the story. And if this were the case, a writer could just assign their character a profession theyve personally done or that they find fascinating, and move on. But heres the thing: used to their full potential, occupations can be powerful drivers in the story, helping to characterize, steer the plot, generate conflict, reveal dysfunction, and provide a route for character arc growthand thats just to start.
So, insignificant? Not in the slightest. Because a job can influence so many story factors, careful thought should go into selecting one.
Think about this from your own perspective. When it comes to your current occupation (or past jobs), were they chosen randomly, without much thought? Probably not. You may have been drawn to them because of your interests and areas of giftedness or because the job met a need, such as supporting your family or making a difference in the world. Maybe it was a simple matter of convenience and what was available. Regardless, there were reasons behind every employment decision youve made.
The same should be true for our characters. If we choose their jobs thoughtfully, readers will have a better understanding of who they are, what skills they possess, and their motivations and priorities. Not only do jobs provide valuable characterization indicators, they tie in to the plot itself, providing characters with the abilities and knowledge theyll need to succeed or by creating obstacles to hinder them along the way.
A well-chosen occupation can strengthen your story on many levels, but there are so many options. Lets start by delving into the reasons behind career choices so you can home in on your own characters motivations.
THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND CAREER CHOICE
Because so much of a persons time is spent at work, occupations are usually chosen with thought and care. Personality and hobbies can influence this decision, but by themselves, theyre just not weighty enough to prompt a choice that might span many years or even a lifetime. No, big-time decisions like a career need a lot of consideration, and the primary factor that often tips the scales in favor of one over another is motivation.
Simply defined, motivation is the reason behind a choice or behavior. For any given decision there are multiple possible motivations. As parents, for instance, we often explore the reasons behind our childrens troublesome actions. If we can figure out why they engage in certain behaviors, we can guide them into changing those habits for the better. Why does my kid lie? is a question many parents have asked. The answer will be determined by the circumstances and any number of reasons from the childs perspective:
He doesnt want to get in trouble.
He doesnt want to disappoint his parent.
Hes protecting someone else.
Hes looking for a reaction.
Hes trying to boost his esteem by claiming things that arent true.
He doesnt understand that lying is wrong.
He truly forgot and has remembered the details wrong, making his story sound like a lie when its really not.
Like us, our characters have many possible reasons for the choices they makeincluding the jobs they pursue. Their motivation typically boils down to one of two drivers: basic needs or unresolved wounds.
BASIC NEEDS
According to famed psychologist Abraham Maslow, every person has five basic needs that, when met, make them feel fulfilled. Destabilization of one or more of these needs will cause discomforta ripple that disturbs a relatively calm surface. Should this discomfort grow too big or last too long, a person will feel compelled to set things right again by addressing the need that is most vital.
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As the diagram shows, the foundation of the pyramid represents our physiological needs because those are the most important; without food, water, air, and the like, we would cease to exist. Should our physiological needs become threatened, we will be driven to reinforce them. Safety is the next most critical need, followed by love and belonging , esteem and recognition, and self-actualization.
Heres how this works. If an armed intruder breaks into your house, your sense of security will be threatened. Even if everyone escapes unharmed, you may still feel unsafe at home. To feel protected, you might take certain actions, such as installing a security system, taking a self-defense class, or buying a gun. You might tighten the rules for your children, requiring them to be home earlier at night or call more often when theyre out. All these choices are driven by your need for safety and security.
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