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The Ultimate Fiction Thesaurus II
Beyond the inspirational support most books offer, I can assure you that two things, and only two, are guaranteed to improve your writing. These are reading and the act of writing itself. The Ultimate Fiction Thesaurus II is a unique literary thesaurus that bridges the gap of reading by taking common descriptive devices and words and places them into usable categories that will serve as a ready toolbox for your own writing.
Let's see how this works:
First we start with a description: The morning was sunny.
This is okay, in fact sometimes simple is best, but let's give it another swing:
A shaft of light pierced the window.
Sunlight flooded the bedroom.
An easterly sun streamed into the kitchen.
Now try a few of these other lighting concepts on your own: dappled, beat down, glinted off, streaked, filtered, drenched
You can immediately see the limitations of a traditional thesaurus; they are helpful at supplying a literal equivalent, such as sunlit for sunny, but frequently miss the finer nuances of language.
The Ultimate Fiction Thesaurus II is a continuing study of common literary ideas that will teach you how to think like a novelist.
This lesson is approximately thirteen pages in length and is ideal for beginning and intermediate fiction writers.
Let's see how this works:
First we start with a description: The morning was sunny.
This is okay, in fact sometimes simple is best, but let's give it another swing:
A shaft of light pierced the window.
Sunlight flooded the bedroom.
An easterly sun streamed into the kitchen.
Now try a few of these other lighting concepts on your own: dappled, beat down, glinted off, streaked, filtered, drenched
You can immediately see the limitations of a traditional thesaurus; they are helpful at supplying a literal equivalent, such as sunlit for sunny, but frequently miss the finer nuances of language.
The Ultimate Fiction Thesaurus II is a continuing study of common literary ideas that will teach you how to think like a novelist.
This lesson is approximately thirteen pages in length and is ideal for beginning and intermediate fiction writers.
22 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 9, 2013
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Sam Stone
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July 27, 2020
Sam Stone gets to the point and offers great advice
This is a great reference book to help push your imagination in your writing. This author knows the process well and presents the material and thoughts in a simple, clear fashion. Both books 1 and 2 are a must for writers to have in their arsenal.
This is a great reference book to help push your imagination in your writing. This author knows the process well and presents the material and thoughts in a simple, clear fashion. Both books 1 and 2 are a must for writers to have in their arsenal.
August 26, 2018
Good kindling to start a fire of creativity
This book offered examples of words and descriptive phrases for author's to use when writing. Then the author does excercuses
This book offered examples of words and descriptive phrases for author's to use when writing. Then the author does excercuses
December 14, 2014
A Useful Cheat Sheet
My comments about the first volume apply here. At a price over a dollar, I'd feel abused. This is a tiny booklet. Not an ultimate resource. As a quick resource when stumped for a way to show rather than tell, it has some, limited utility.
My comments about the first volume apply here. At a price over a dollar, I'd feel abused. This is a tiny booklet. Not an ultimate resource. As a quick resource when stumped for a way to show rather than tell, it has some, limited utility.
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