{"product_id":"2940014881173","title":"The Ultimate Fiction Thesaurus II (a creative writing study in the tradition of the elements of style)","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet's see how this works:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst we start with a description: The morning was sunny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is okay, in fact sometimes simple is best, but let's give it another swing:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA shaft of light pierced the window.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunlight flooded the bedroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn easterly sun streamed into the kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow try a few of these other lighting concepts on your own: dappled, beat down, glinted off, streaked, filtered, drenched\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ultimate Fiction Thesaurus II is a continuing study of common literary ideas that will teach you how to think like a novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lesson is approximately thirteen pages in length and is ideal for beginning and intermediate fiction writers.","brand":"4 Boys Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074081407216,"sku":"2940014881173","price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014881173_p0.jpg?v=1763616586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014881173","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}