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writethisfanficGreetings on Wednesday!
Here's a worthy quote on writing from a favorite author of mine:
That said, how is it going for you today in combining words in potent fashion? Are you getting words actually written? Are you looking for the right words by doing research, fact-checking or outlining? Are you thinking about your story while in the midst of other work that has become more demanding at the moment? Let us know how it's going, so we can rejoice, encourage or commiserate with you!
For Discussion: What kind of tools do you use to help you find the right word when you are writing? When you can't think of the right word, do you stop writing and search for it, or do you keep going and come back to it later?
Yesterday was Tuesday, which means no writing for me. I actually got home early but was too tired to think of writing! I'm hoping to make some progress today, however. When searching for just the right word, I make heavy use of an online thesaurus, as well as the Online Etymology Dictionary. I tend to look up words as I go, but I will also leave a placeholder for a word if it proves elusive and come back to it when I am doing a more thorough round of editing. This is also a good time to make sure I'm not overusing a certain word, and that's when the thesaurus again comes in handy.
Here's a worthy quote on writing from a favorite author of mine:
Words -- so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary,
how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne
how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne
That said, how is it going for you today in combining words in potent fashion? Are you getting words actually written? Are you looking for the right words by doing research, fact-checking or outlining? Are you thinking about your story while in the midst of other work that has become more demanding at the moment? Let us know how it's going, so we can rejoice, encourage or commiserate with you!
For Discussion: What kind of tools do you use to help you find the right word when you are writing? When you can't think of the right word, do you stop writing and search for it, or do you keep going and come back to it later?
Yesterday was Tuesday, which means no writing for me. I actually got home early but was too tired to think of writing! I'm hoping to make some progress today, however. When searching for just the right word, I make heavy use of an online thesaurus, as well as the Online Etymology Dictionary. I tend to look up words as I go, but I will also leave a placeholder for a word if it proves elusive and come back to it when I am doing a more thorough round of editing. This is also a good time to make sure I'm not overusing a certain word, and that's when the thesaurus again comes in handy.
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