The Erotic Writer's Thesaurus (With Notes on Usage) - Softcover

Shaw, Terrance Aldon

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9781542714327: The Erotic Writer's Thesaurus (With Notes on Usage)

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ISBN 10: 154271432X ISBN 13: 9781542714327

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

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With over 10,000 entries and more than 1,800 examples of words in ‘real-world’ context, ‘The Erotic Writer’s Thesaurus’ is the most thorough, in-depth, serious reference of its kind. Besides all the expected “obvious” words—with long lists of creative substitutes—users will also find entries representing a wide range of gesture and emotion, words to establish erotic context and setting including common expressions, expletives, “swear words” and insults with “clean” alternatives, plus many antiquated or obsolete words and phrases of value to writers of erotic historical narrative. The Erotic Writer’s Thesaurus differs from “traditional” reference books of this type in two significant ways. In most thesauruses, word lists are arranged hierarchically, that is, synonym lists will first show the nearest alternatives to the entry (headword) followed by more remotely-related words, all regardless of alphabetization. In almost all earlier thesauruses, headwords were arranged so as to reflect an editor’s judgment about which forms of a word were most common or useful, thus, a word like “exact” might be presented first as an adjective, and then as a verb, while in the same book,“advance” might be presented first as a noun, than as a verb, and then in its adjectival form “advanced”. All synonym lists in the EWT are arranged in strict alphabetical order. Where a word may belong to several parts of speech, those variants are always presented in the same order: verb, noun, adjective, adverb or preposition. Some words or phrases also function as intensifiers, interjections, or colloquial expressions, and these functions are indicated as appropriate. There are some words that defy synonymization, and so, occasionally, ‘The Erotic Writer’s Thesaurus’ also functions as a dictionary, offering brief definitions, which may be used as a starting point for more in-dpeth research.

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Believe me, if youwrite erotica or hot romance, you need this book... Just browsing it is aninspiration

Janine Ashbless, author of 'Named and Shamed'

Aside from its obvious utility, thetremendous fun of this thesaurus is in simply browsing itsthoroughness: who knew the Yiddish word for buxom? That one of the many termsfor having sex is "playing the blanket hornpipe"? So many possibilities...

(LN Bey, author of 'Blue')

Alandmark work, this is the last word--or rather the last 10,000 words!--in eroticvocabulary reference books

(Jeremy Edwards, author of 'The Pleasure Dial')

...an amazing achievement...'The Erotic Writer's Thesaurus' is a majorwork of reference that also manages to be highly entertaining... It's an aid toreading as well as writing; if you come across a term that puzzles you, justlook it up here. And for we writers, whether or not we write erotica, chancesare we can do it even better with the help of Terrance Aldon Shaw's book.

(Sacchi Green, editor of the 'Best Lesbian Erotica' series)

Every writer should have a copy of 'The Erotic Writer's Thesaurus' on his orher virtual desktop. Not just for the writer of erotica; if sex or the eroticenters your work in any fashion, you will find this reference invaluable andjust plain fascinating.

(D. L. King, editorof 'The Harder She Comes: Butch/FemmeErotica')

A truly invaluable resource, and an incrediblyuseful tool for my writing. I genuinely believe that this will be one of themost useful titles an aspiring erotic fiction author can purchase

(Ashley Lister,author of 'How to Write Erotic Fictionand Sex Scenes')

At last! The thesaurus I've been waiting for! Not only a definitiveguide to word usage for authors of erotic fiction, but easy to navigate andbrimming with inspiration for making more adventurous vocabulary choices. Amust-have for veterans and new writers alike. I've no doubt that this has beena labour of love in its creation; a labour for which I'm hugely grateful.

(Emmanuelle de Maupassant, author of 'TheGentlemen's Club')

A delight for all lovers of words and a must-have for smart erotica writers in search of the mot juste.

(Donna George Storey, author of 'Amorous Woman')

Terrance Aldon Shaw's The Erotic Writer's Theraurus giveswriters the language and creativity to publish successfully... This book allowsauthors to conjure words, to transform them into something powerful andmagical. It should definitely be included on the reference shelf of any writerof erotica serious about their craft."

(Cole Riley, author of 'Makingthe Hookup: Edgy Sex with Soul')