Comments on: Setting Thesaurus Entry: Alley https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Setting Thesaurus Entry Collection | Writers Helping Writers https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-15649 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:21:53 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-15649 […] Alley […]

]]> By: Joseph Katz https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-3119 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:09:47 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-3119 I like the blog post about alleys, as you have some nice words to choose from.

However, I couldn’t imagine and alley from example 1. I think because the description could fit a lot of places.

This could be easily fixed by adding a few words to the first clause.

Example 1: The wind was howling like a pack of arctic wolves in the tight alley,

grimey alley, dark alley, etc.

Now everything else said after this, places me deeper in that alley.

Thanks for taking the time to blog. I have actually been working on something similar for some time now.

]]> By: Angela https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1680 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:36:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1680 Gutsy, good luck in the workshop–I bet it’ll be great!

Browneyedgirl, see us writers are strange. But at the same time, if we write that an alley smells like vomit, as a reader, you’ll have a instant recognition, right?

Thanks Mary. It’s a good point to make that alleys differ in different countries. You might also see balconies with chairs, tables, Barb-b-ques, potted gardens…all kinds of stuff. 🙂 Location research is important.

]]> By: Mary Witzl https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1673 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:27:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1673 Laundry strung from building to building is something you often see in Asian alleys. (Not where I’d fancy airing my pantyhose either, but when space is limited, you have to stretch it, I guess).

]]> By: Brown Eyed Girl https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1671 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:37:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1671 Vomit

That really got me.

Hmmm. I wonder when or where I can use that vomit imagery.

Thanks!

]]> By: GutsyWriter https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1670 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:53:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1670 Thank you so much. I’ve used all your guidance in my revisions. Taking a Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Any comments from anyone are appreciated regarding experience with online classes.

]]> By: Becca https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1669 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1669 It’s a great “stinky” locale, lol

]]> By: Angela https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1668 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:04:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1668 Thanks, every one! I think alley’s tend to feature in a lot of ‘darker’ writing…it’s a natural location for shady dealings. 🙂

]]> By: Bish Denham https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1667 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:58:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1667 Oooooo, I can really see, smell, taste, hear, and feel an alley.

]]> By: Emily Cross https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1666 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:42:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1666 i found this so helpful – thank you so much, my MC is actually blind so you’d be amazed by how much i have to learn in not relying on ‘sight’ descriptions but touch, smell etc.

Anyhoo i’m sorry if this is a bit out of the blue and ‘pluggish by nature’, but i’ve started a writer’s forum http://thewriterschronicle.forumotion.net/index.htm
where aspiring authors etc. can come and chat and discuss topics and ideas and basically help each other.

I love blogging but it can be both hard to get a readership and connect with them so i thought a community forum would be a great way to network.

The forum is only starting out but i’m hoping it will grow,

I’d really appreciate it if you could take the time and have a look around.

thanks emily.

]]> By: Windsong https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1664 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:08:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1664 As always, wonderful job. 🙂 Thanks!
I also like the end part on using words. Very true and helpful. 😀

]]> By: PJ Hoover https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1663 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:45:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2009/02/setting-thesaurus-entry-alley/#comment-1663 You gals come up with the best locations! Alleys are useful. Always!

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