As someone who consciously seeks inspiration frequently and subconsciously seeks inspiration every moment I'm alive (Yes, that is a little odd how I worded that...sorry!), I sometimes find myself running into dead ends. Indeed, the universe is full of things that blow your mind, that send the light bulb above your head shooting sparks in a dizzying frenzy, but sometimes I, being the distracted and slightly disorganized type, can't seem to zero in on what inspires me or hold it in my sights long enough to put it on paper.
Hence the reason I cannot seem to pull the shards of my novel together. Blast.
Well, I've discovered (or re-discovered, if you count the previous times) how fantastic a Thesaurus truly is.
My old friend The Saurus, cracked open again today. My my, how many times I've flipped through these tattered pages, scanned each entry, a rabid hunger for fresh vocabulary eating away at my sanity until I ultimately collapse, exhausted and unable to read another word!
That was only slightly exaggerated, I assure you. Moving on...
Here are some findings that, to many eyes, might appear insignificant. But to me, to my inquisitive and over-analyzing eyes, they are beautiful.
Lavish. A fairly common word, when compared to others, but exquisite nonetheless. Just say it to yourself. Lavish. Lavish. Phonetically, it just sounds gorgeous. Lavish. Good, now say it with an accent. Lavish. Heh. Okay, I'm done with this one for now.
Guttural. The perfect word to describe the harsher sounds of languages like German, or those classic villainous side-kicks from stories that are large, masculine, and speak like gorillas. Other wondrous words with similar meaning include: husky, hoarse, raspy, croaking, gruff, and inarticulate.
Abhorrence. A foe of great magnitude in my spelling competitions in middle school. It's quite a beast of a word, which I find ironic due to its meaning. HA. I made a funny.
I like this one based on the fact that its definitions are rather random. Odd. A teeny tiny, eensy-weensy word with quite a range of meanings. Synonyms include: not divisible by two, queer, outlandish, being one of a pair OR having no mate, various, casual, spasmodic (Ooh, that's a really good one. I like this word as well.), and spare. Not even kidding, I'm reading these directly from The Saurus.
Okay, so there's a multitude more and maybe I didn't list the rarest of the rare finds in my old Saurus, but my brain still suffers from the past semester so I'm only expecting short posts from myself for a while. Chances are I'll have to post a part two of this anyway.
Thought for the day: Read some unusual words aloud and enjoy the unfamiliarity of some of the sounds on your own tongue. I've been surprised to find that quite a lot of my interior word bank consists of words I've only ever read and never heard spoken. Weird stuff...
Hence the reason I cannot seem to pull the shards of my novel together. Blast.
Well, I've discovered (or re-discovered, if you count the previous times) how fantastic a Thesaurus truly is.
My old friend The Saurus, cracked open again today. My my, how many times I've flipped through these tattered pages, scanned each entry, a rabid hunger for fresh vocabulary eating away at my sanity until I ultimately collapse, exhausted and unable to read another word!
That was only slightly exaggerated, I assure you. Moving on...
Here are some findings that, to many eyes, might appear insignificant. But to me, to my inquisitive and over-analyzing eyes, they are beautiful.
Lavish. A fairly common word, when compared to others, but exquisite nonetheless. Just say it to yourself. Lavish. Lavish. Phonetically, it just sounds gorgeous. Lavish. Good, now say it with an accent. Lavish. Heh. Okay, I'm done with this one for now.
Guttural. The perfect word to describe the harsher sounds of languages like German, or those classic villainous side-kicks from stories that are large, masculine, and speak like gorillas. Other wondrous words with similar meaning include: husky, hoarse, raspy, croaking, gruff, and inarticulate.
Abhorrence. A foe of great magnitude in my spelling competitions in middle school. It's quite a beast of a word, which I find ironic due to its meaning. HA. I made a funny.
I like this one based on the fact that its definitions are rather random. Odd. A teeny tiny, eensy-weensy word with quite a range of meanings. Synonyms include: not divisible by two, queer, outlandish, being one of a pair OR having no mate, various, casual, spasmodic (Ooh, that's a really good one. I like this word as well.), and spare. Not even kidding, I'm reading these directly from The Saurus.
Okay, so there's a multitude more and maybe I didn't list the rarest of the rare finds in my old Saurus, but my brain still suffers from the past semester so I'm only expecting short posts from myself for a while. Chances are I'll have to post a part two of this anyway.
Thought for the day: Read some unusual words aloud and enjoy the unfamiliarity of some of the sounds on your own tongue. I've been surprised to find that quite a lot of my interior word bank consists of words I've only ever read and never heard spoken. Weird stuff...
