Writing is more than just a job or a hobby or something one does to while away the
hours between 9 am and 5 pm.
It can become a way of life and today I dropped into
Waterstones Bookshop and bought the Collins Thesaurus A-Z .... it full of wonderful words and I note that
Entry Words
Power Words
Related Words
Sense Numbers
International English
Key synonyms
Part of speech labels
Fixed phrases
are all included. My eye was drawn to a quick search so here goes ...
interval .... period spell
space stretch pause span
break interlude intermission rest gap pause respite lull
delay gap hold-up stoppage stretch space
a vertitable catalogue of excitement awaits the writer who can pun run
make fun mix and match and risk take in language without fear of
interruption, rejection, interpretation, or mis understandings.
My reasoning was accurate and a quick walk around the block resulted in
even more deafening repeats such as
purely - post - pour pout practical predicament progressive promotion
all beginning with the same letter .... a pronunciation exercise for everyone!
Again a shortcut to Shakespeare''s characters lead to the following results:
Character: Polonius: Play: Hamlet
Puck A Midsummer Nights Dream
Tybalt Romeo and Juliet
And more delights follow such as
Touchstone/As You Like It:
Shylock/The Merchant of Venice
Sebastian/The Tempest: Twelfth Night
All of one''s favourite characters in Shakespeare''s plays are noted in a well
presented book ..... excellent publication ... keep on reading Collins Thesaurus A-Z
now in colour ..... great stuff!