The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi is another book in the Thesaurus series of writing support books that gives you details on various occupations. Common traits, common skills, common conflicts they are involved in. A great resource for making a more well-rounded, less cliche characters.
Definitely another one a writer should be keeping in their library.
This is a very addicting game. You play as long as you can survive, die and start over. What keeps you going is finding out the story, which is really quite interesting. The music is cool and the voice acting is top notch. Excellent game. I sunk a LOT of hours into it as a way to unwind after a long day of work.
Pretty inexpensive too. And it's on all platforms, I think.
worth checking out!
I figured I'd wrap up the current 3 movie timeline. (For the record, the money-losing disaster that was the start of the Hollywood crap show of the last few years "Ghostbusters 2016" is not part of canon at idiot director Paul Fool's insistence)
This movie is kind of an apology from Sony for the above mentioned crap show. It has plenty of little fan thank yous. And the main plotline is actually a pretty touching tribute.
Also of interesting note, they forced Bill Murray to appear in the 2016 crapshow by threatening to sue him... he appeared in this one because he wanted to.
I think this movie is also the bookend of the 2016-2021 run of the "destroy and subvert everything that came before" with the 2016 crapshow Ghostbusters. I have no idea why huge companies by these popular franchises and they set up to piss off the fans and expect that attract more new ones?
Good movie. A good example of how to not lecture your audience...
Ghostbusters II was not quite as good as Ghostbusters, but it was still an enjoyable movie. Well worth watching nonetheless. Funny.
I love the ghost train and ghost titanic.
Ultimate Guide to Alchemy, Crafting & Enchanting by Nord Games is one of the many Role Playing Game resources that I have in my library.
I love world building. One of the keys to making a world functional for stories is to have the actions and reactions of the world follow rules. They may not be rules you tell your readers about. But if pulling the level makes the door open, then the doors should open when you pull the lever... or a surprise should occur.
Books like this one, I use as inspiration for how to do world building. What do you think about? how do you quantify it? You don't need to go to the level that games do to make things work, of course. But having thought about it, it at least makes things consistent, which reduces reader's confusion, which increases reader's satisfaction.
This particular book, is an interesting look into the creating of potions and magical artifacts. Very handy if you have a magic filled world. Or if you want to create that extra special McGuffin.
Fun book, nice art.
The Urban Setting Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Publisi is another book in their excellent series of Thesaurus books. This one, obviously, focuses on locations you'd find in an urban setting. Like the Rural version we covered yesterday, this one may not be used as often as some of the other books in the series. It is, however, an excellent resource to have in your library.
Like the Rural book, this gives you ways to engage all the senses in different places. They also include some common conflicts you might encounter in these settings.
Check it out!
The Rural Setting Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglist is another book writer's should have in their reference library. This one, as the name suggests, covers common rural areas. This one is especially handy for people that mostly spend time in cities and need to describe a country location with more details than you'd get from looking at a picture of barn.
Like the other books in the series, this book gives you something for all the senses to add that little extra depth to your writing.
Definitely a must have!
I have been doing some deep diving on different aspects of writing for awhile now. There are a number of books in the series from Angele Ackerman & Becca Puglisi. I have posted a couple so far, but here is "The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression". I have the entire series and there is a ton of great content in here. Unless you are a bit obsessed with deep diving, this is not a book you'll read from cover to cover. It is, however, a great reference book for engaging all of your senses and expanding the "Show, don't tell" methods of story telling.
Trying to write a character reaction? Look up the emotion you want and read through the entry. It gives you common behaviors, body actions that show that emotion without the writing "He felt X"
Definitely very handy to have your personal library if you want to grow your writing skills.
This was an interesting spin on sci-fi. The special effects and visuals were really good. I have added the 4k Blu-Ray to my library.
If you haven't seen it and you like sci-fi and some action, check it out. It's been out long enough that you should be able to find it on one of those streaming services.
Please no one tell @Cia, but I still have not read Frank Herbert's Dune. Though I have seen 2021 Dune movie starring Timothée Chalamet.
I enjoyed the visuals a lot in this movie. It can been a bit slow at times, but it was nice to disconnect and just enjoy it. They made one hell of a big set up... I hope all the changes at going on a Discovery/Warner Bros doesn't ruin a sequel for this.
Well, the last one was Vol 1, so Vol 2 should not be a surprise. I've taken the picture myself of the book on my desk.
The X Thesaurus series of books continues with Conflicts Volume 2. This is a continuation of various conflicts you come across and all the ins and outs of that conflict. Like volume 1, this book helps you make sure your conflicts are well-rounded and engage the senses and emotions.
Like all the other books in this series, it adds to your writer's toolkit. It's worth having in your library if you want to grow your skills and improve your writing. Or if you want some prompting on where to go when you are stuck.
