Comments on: Setting Thesaurus Entry: The Gallows https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Stina Lindenblatt https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4720 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:39:36 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4720 I don’t supposed you could do a post on renaissance festivals, could you? Like for tomorrow. 😀

I went to one as a teen, and now I’m trying to remember it using all my senses. You’re so much better at this than I am.

]]> By: Voyagefan https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4719 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:11:18 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4719 This is great! The images are really descriptive. I’ll have to try writing descriptions like this sometime! Great post!

]]> By: Henya https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4718 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:15:35 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4718 Most inspiring. Well done.
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]]> By: April https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4717 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:37:17 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4717 Wow…you amaze me, you know that! Every time I read one of your posts, I’m inspired to take more time with each scene and make it real. This one gave me goosebumps and spiked my eyes with tears. Excellent. Thanks for the imagry and the inspiration.

]]> By: Laura Pauling https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4716 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:21:02 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4716 Thanks for all your hardwork!

]]> By: Cruella Collett https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4715 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:13:51 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4715 This is a very good writing exercise. It’s interesting, because I did something similar (but much less organized) for one of my stories-in-brewing (the one I am currently most satisfied with the “mood”). I wrote down a number of words I wanted to include/inspire me, and only when I had done that did the various characters form in my mind. I never thought about the possibility for doing so for each scene, though, and I didn’t categorize them either. I’m making a mental note to do that when I pick it up again.

]]> By: Angela Ackerman https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4714 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:09:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4714 LOL, I guess I’m a bit twisted because this was a fun one to do. 🙂 So many possibilities!

Shannon, you’re right, there is the other side of it–the quite hush of the crowd, weeping, people praying and wishing they could look away…not all hangings are just, not by a long shot.

]]> By: Shannon https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4713 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:00:25 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4713 I think this has to be one of your best Setting Thesaurus examples. Just reading the lists were very evocative. Love it!

I know I’m not the first to say it but: awesome second example.

By the way, were you going for a mood of the Popular Execution? I’m sure they’re more common and a lot of people did enjoy a good execution, but it seems you’ve missed out on some of the sights and sounds of an unpopular execution. One which the general public wish wasn’t happening.

]]> By: Lindsay https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4712 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:52:06 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4712 Angela, amazing as always. This one actually brought goosebumps to my arms. I did a lot of research on the witch hunts a while back and am considering putting all of it to use in the form of a young adult fiction novel – this post would definitely be helpful!

]]> By: Melissa Gill https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4711 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:51:18 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4711 Gallows scenes give me nightmares. And this will keep me awake for a week it’s so scary. But great job Angela as always. If I ever get brave enough to write a gallows scene I’ll depent on this.

]]> By: Jenna Reynolds https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4710 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:23:58 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4710 Excellent!

]]> By: Mary Witzl https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4709 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:05:04 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/07/setting-thesaurus-entry-the-gallows/#comment-4709 I especially love that second example — the fleeting, joyful childhood memory. ank

And thank you for the word ‘thunk’. We’re still unpacking our books and my thesaurus isn’t at hand. The word ‘thunk’ was just what I needed!

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