214 words to use instead of said from SPWbooks This is page is updated often. Be sure to refresh the page by pressing both the Ctrl key and the F5 key to ensure you are seeing the latest version. Looking for a specific word? Press the Ctrl key and the F key to open up a search box. For instructions on how to properly use the words below, click the instructions button below: đ¨đźâđŤ Instructions The words below are classified by category The words below are classified by emotions Do you have a word that you think should be added to this list, or a comment? đŹ E-mail To those of you who have e-mailed suggestions to me, I would like to say thank you very much. To view the alphebetized list of examples of words to use instead of said, touch the button below to go the examples page. đŚ Examples To print the list above click the button below to download the PDF file.It takes twenty-three (23) 8.5" x 11" pages to print the list, so you may want to consider double-sided printing. đ¨ď¸ Print đ¨ď¸ Print
25 Things You Should Know About Word Choice - StumbleUpon 1. A Series Of Word Choices Hereâs why this matters: because both writing and storytelling comprise, at the most basic level, a series of word choices. Words are the building blocks of what we do. They are the atoms of our elements. They are the eggs in our omelets. 2. Words are like LEGO bricks: the more we add, the more we define the reality of our playset. 3. You know that game â âOh, youâre cold, colder, colder â oh! 4. Think of it like a different game, perhaps: youâre trying to say as much as possible with as few words as you can muster. 5. Finding the perfect word is as likely as finding a downy-soft unicorn with a pearlescent horn riding a skateboard made from the bones of your many enemies. 6. For every right word, you have an infinity of wrong ones. 7. You might use a word that either oversteps or fails to meet the idea you hope to present. 8. Remember how I said earlier that words are like LEGO, blah blah blah help define reality yadda yadda poop noise? 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
4 Options for Improving Your Fiction We writers can be impatientânot only with the process of writing and getting published, but with ourselves for not being perfect from the get-go. We readily accept the need for intensive training and ongoing skills development for our day jobs, but when it comes to writing, we often expect to just be able to âdo itâ. I used to be a teacher. I spent four years completing degrees in English and education, then took three more professional development courses to expand my qualifications. Once I received my first full-time classroom position, I attended workshops every few months. I never questioned the need for this type of training. However, it took me a year or two of writing (and failing at writing) to learn that the path to becoming seriously skilled was going to be longer and more difficult than I ever imagined. But thatâs okay. If youâve ever looked at your writing and seen nothing but problems, Iâm here to tell you itâs a good thing: youâre on the right track. 1. 2. 3. 4.
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Randomly Awesome Words 20 Obsolete English Words that Should Make a Comeback Photo: Katherine Hodgson If we all start using them, these words can be resurrected. DURING MY UNDERGRADUATE studies as a Linguistics major, one of the things that struck me most is the amazing fluidity of language. New words are created; older words go out of style. Words can change meaning over time, vowel sounds shift, consonants are lost or added and one word becomes another. The following words have sadly disappeared from modern English, but itâs easy to see how they could be incorporated into everyday conversation. Words are from Erin McKeanâs two-volume series: Weird and Wonderful Words and Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. 1. Verb trans. â âTo confuse, jumbleâ â First of all this word is just fun to say in its various forms. 2. 3. Verb trans. â âTo scrape together; to gather together from various sourcesâ â Iâm sure this wasnât the original meaning of the word, but when I read the definition I immediately thought of copy-pasting. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
The Phrontistery: Obscure Words and Vocabulary Resources Color Synonyms [Archive] - Teenage Writers For when you don't want to say 'black' forty times in one sentence. The stuff in perentheses in italics are kind of cliche and might want to be avoided. Remember to try looking the color up before using it, since most of these names are for different shades. Also, not all names are appropriate at all times. Feel free to add any suggestions I missed. Note also: The Sage has her own opinion on colors, and she might not list the synonym under the color you think it is. Red flame-red (hair), russet, crimson (blood, anything else), carmine, magenta, maroon, tomato, cherry, raspberry (close to purple), amaranth (also pink), burgundy, cardinal, cinnabar, rust (brown), sangria, scarlet, ruby, garnet, vermillion, fire-truck red, oak leaf red, brandy, ember, strawberry lemonade (pinkish), cerise Orange flame, peach, tangerine, apricot, burnt orange, carrot, orange-peel, persimmon (reddish), pumpkin, Blaze/Safety orange, cantaloupe Purple Violet (eyes), orchid, lavendar, plum, heliotrope, mauve (?)
CALLIHOO Writing Helps--Feelings Table Character Feelings You can describe your character's feelings in more exact terms than just "happy" or "sad." Check these lists for the exact nuance to describe your character's intensity of feelings. SF Characters | SF Items | SF Descriptors | SF Places | SF EventsSF Jobs/Occupations | Random Emotions | Emotions List | Intensity of Feelings FREE Online Rhyming Dictionary 20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes Iâve edited a monthly magazine for more than six years, and itâs a job thatâs come with more frustration than reward. If thereâs one thing I am grateful for â and it sure isnât the pay â itâs that my work has allowed endless time to hone my craft to Louis Skolnick levels of grammar geekery. As someone who slings red ink for a living, let me tell you: grammar is an ultra-micro component in the larger picture; it lies somewhere in the final steps of the editing trail; and as such itâs an overrated quasi-irrelevancy in the creative process, perpetuated into importance primarily by bitter nerds who accumulate tweed jackets and crippling inferiority complexes. Below are 20 common grammar mistakes I see routinely, not only in editorial queries and submissions, but in print: in HR manuals, blogs, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, and even best selling novels. Who and Whom This one opens a big can of worms. Which and That Lay and Lie This is the crown jewel of all grammatical errors. Moot Nor
Writing The Perfect Scene Having trouble making the scenes in your novel work their magic? In this article, Iâll show you how to write the âperfectâ scene. Maybe you think itâs impossible to write the perfect scene. After all, who can choose every word perfectly, every thought, every sentence, every paragraph? Honestly, I donât know. But structure is pretty well understood. The Two Levels of Scene Structure A scene has two levels of structure, and only two. The large-scale structure of the sceneThe small-scale structure of the scene This may seem obvious, but by the end of this article, I hope to convince you that itâs terribly profound. Before we begin, we need to understand how we keep score. Your reader is reading your fiction because you provide him or her with a powerful emotional experience. If you fail to create these emotions in your reader, then you have failed. Large-Scale Structure of a Scene The large-scale structure of a scene is extremely simple. A Scene has the following three-part pattern: