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Setting Thesaurus Entry: Bowling Alley

February 5, 2011

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Bowling Alley

February 5, 2011

Sights Check-in counter, ugly shoes, racks of bowling balls, bowling bags, bowling merchandise for sale, dim lighting, neon lights (evening), waxed wooden lanes, gutters, inflatable bumpers for kiddy bowling, plastic…

Symbolism Thesaurus Entry: Deception

February 3, 2011

Symbolism Thesaurus Entry: Deception

February 3, 2011

Every day we interact with objects, places and sensations that affect the way we think and feel. This can be used to the writer’s advantage by planting symbols in the…

Symbolism Thesaurus Entry: Violence

January 29, 2011

Symbolism Thesaurus Entry: Violence

January 29, 2011

Every day we interact with objects, places and sensations that affect the way we think and feel. This can be used to the writer’s advantage by planting symbols in the…

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Trailer

January 27, 2011

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Trailer

January 27, 2011

This post has been generously written by Linda Clare, author of the The Fence My Father Built (Abingdon Press, 2009). Linda grew up in Arizona, where trailers are about as…

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Lake

January 22, 2011

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Lake

January 22, 2011

Sight Rocky shoreline, gravel, water lapping the shore, skimmers, minnows scuttling between the rocks, ducks, geese (plucking grass from the lush slope, swimming in the reeds, preening, herding babies) seagulls…

Symbolism and Motif Entry: Bondage/Enslavement

January 20, 2011

Symbolism and Motif Entry: Bondage/Enslavement

January 20, 2011

Every day we interact with objects, places and sensations that affect the way we think and feel. This can be used to the writer’s advantage by planting symbols in the…

Symbolism Thesaurus Entry: Evil

January 6, 2011

Symbolism Thesaurus Entry: Evil

January 6, 2011

Every day we interact with objects, places and sensations that affect the way we think and feel. This can be used to the writer’s advantage by planting symbols in the…

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Daycare

December 18, 2010

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Daycare

December 18, 2010

Sight fenced-in playground, slides, swings, jungle gyms, chalk-colored sidewalks, walls covered with artwork, office, restrooms, janitorial closets, classrooms, tiled or carpeted floors, cubbies, lunchboxes, backpacks, jackets hanging on coat hooks,…

Symbolism Thesaurus Entry: Isolation

December 16, 2010

Symbolism Thesaurus Entry: Isolation

December 16, 2010

Every day we interact with objects, places and sensations that affect the way we think and feel. This can be used to the writer’s advantage by planting symbols in the…

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Airport Check-In

December 11, 2010

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Airport Check-In

December 11, 2010

For a reader to relate to the current action, they need a physical anchor to tie the characters to. It can be difficult, finding the right words to convey a…