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# The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces (Writers Helping Writers Series)

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## Customer Reviews

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    A Must Have, But More Importantly A, Must Use.....
  

*by D***T on Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2018*

I write a lot of reviews,and also write pulp fiction (Mystery,Crime, Horror,and Thriller.)I do not accept free books or money, in exchange for a review.I do not give 5 stars, for reasons you can probably figure out.I gave, The Urban Setting Thesaurus, 4 stars, because it is oneof the most useful books,I have sitting next to my computer.,It gets constant use, and I even read it when I am not lookingfor a particular setting.I like to hear people tell me, "When I read your stories, I feel like I amright there in the scene. I can see the details you are describing."That is what writing teachers/instructors have been telling fledgelingwriters forever.........Show Don't Tell.And the descriptions/details in this thesaurus, along with the othergood information,will help you do just that.......Show Don't Tell.Always remember, the more you know, the more you will be ableto do.Get the book, and wear it out.

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    So Much More Than a Thesaurus
  

*by J***C on Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2016*

Not your usual Thesaurus - unique and probably surprising.  Not just synonyms to replace drab words.  FEEL the setting and don't waste them - This book will help you use it to improve every element of your story- tension, conflict, mood, character development, symbolism & motif and so much more - not with just narrative suggestions, but details and specifics. Phrases in addition to words.There are several chapters in the beginning that are one of the best guides I've found for using setting.  If you already have it's sibling The Rural Setting Thesaurus, 

  
The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Personal and Natural Places









  
  
    
  , Don't think these first chapters are duplicates.  Together they make up an even more complete guide.I often simply browse each of the 6-volumn collection by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi for inspiration and ideas.  It's more than a reference for improving settings you already have - I have incorporated some I hadn't thought of.  And more importantly, when I get bored with my story (2nd drafts, revisions, edits) I get excited about developing my characters, writing description, and improving all elements of storytelling.  I'd say take it on your beach holiday, but you'll want to get back to your writing and you're on vacation!If, like me, you can't get enough - Their website WritersHelpingWriters has more topics (free!) for the collection in the same quality and style - including a unique "Emotional Wounds Thesaurus". If you're not convinced you need to buy this book (and the 4 others), the website also includes samplings.It is clear the authors experienced each setting personally - I understand they even allowed themselves to be arrested and jailed to know beyond the obvious, how it felt, smelled, sounded etc. etc.  Talk about dedication to detail and accuracy !

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    Some helpful Info, some egregious Oversights
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018*

Comic book artists used to use something called a "morgue." It sounds a bit macabre, but the morgue was really nothing more than an alphabetized collection of images of various locations, to which a cartoonist could refer when drawing a scene, in order to give it some verisimilitude. Say, for instance, you wanted to place your character in a bowling alley or in a dentist's office, and you wanted to get the details of those two environments right (we've all been to bowling alleys or dentists' offices, but chances are we probably weren't taking notes while there). You would merely dig into your morgue and look under the B's and D's to reacquaint yourself with the locales in question."The Urban Setting Thesaurus," is basically a Cliff's Notes morgue for writers, who want to get the bare-bones vibe, ambiance, or description of various locales when writing fiction. The quality of the descriptions on offer inside varies, and the authors too often leave out the exteriors/structures of the places that they're describing. This is a pretty egregious oversight, because stories and novels usually have the literary equivalent of cinema's "establishing shot," whereby an exterior is described (along with maybe the weather) before getting to the action going on inside the building.The book also provides sensory details for each entry, but makes another pretty big mistake under the heading of "Taste" by being a bit too literal and forgetting that some smells are strong enough (or malodorous enough) that they (sometimes unfortunately) can also be considered tastes. How many war stories or criminal procedurals have you read, for instance, in which a character describes the smell of blood or bodies so strong that it could be tasted? Unpleasant, sure, but a large part of what drives multiple genres of fiction is unpleasant, and taking this into account would have made the book better."The Urban Setting Thesaurus" is a companion piece or complement to "The Rural Setting Thesaurus," which I also own, and which I will also get around to reading, and reviewing. Hopefully it's better than this. Tepid rec.

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