Comments on: Talent and Skill Thesaurus: Wrestling

By: Wrestling Equipment

Wrestling Equipment — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 04:59:29 +0000

This is, like all of your alternative posts, extraordinarily useful. Thanks.
I have a matter, can you get in the varied martial arts, or can you mix them into the Mixed Martial Arts category?

By: BECCA PUGLISI

BECCA PUGLISI — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:44:16 +0000

One of my favorite books is Robin McKinley’s The Outlaws of Sherwood. In it, Little John, who learned to wrestle as a boy, disguises himself as a wrestler at the fair so he could gather information about the sheriff of Nottingham. His ability to wrestle had nothing to do with his character or the story, but it was a handy tool when the author needed him to be able to have working knowledge of a practical skill. That’s why I’m loving this thesaurus. We don’t have to be experts on our characters’ skills; in many cases, we just need enough working information to show the reader what the character can do. Hopefully each entry will provide that spark of inspiration to help writers come up with viable talents for their characters.

By: C. Lee McKenzie

C. Lee McKenzie — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:21:36 +0000

I know so little about this sport that I’m afraid I’d mess up entirely if I tried to write about someone wrestling. 🙂

By: Penelope J

Penelope J — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 18:39:33 +0000

An excellent interpretation/analysis of how to use wrestling as a skill. How about when it is used as an action verb to describe a mental/emotional conflict as in “Wrestling with my conscience?”

By: jeffo

jeffo — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 03:51:32 +0000

Funny that this should come up, as I just finished John Irving’s latest. He knows a thing or two about wrasslin’.

By: BECCA PUGLISI

BECCA PUGLISI — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:32:00 +0000

In reply to Robert Foster. I'm not sure; we've got martial arts on our potential list of things to cover. While I wouldn't rule out the possibility of Angela being a secret black belt, our experience seems to be pretty limited in this area; rather than try and fake our way through the various disciplines, my guess is that we would lump them together.

By: Robert Foster

Robert Foster — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:27:10 +0000

This is, like all your other posts, extremely helpful. Thanks. 🙂

I have a question, will you go into the various martial arts, or will you combine them into the Mixed Martial Arts category?

By: Rosi

Rosi — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:46:02 +0000

This is a skill I probably would never have thought of for one of my characters, but there are some good reasons to keep this in mind. Thanks!