Dahlia Evans - The Weather Thesaurus: A Fiction Writers Sourcebook of Words and Phrases to Describe the Weather

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Copyright 2020 by Dahlia Evans. All Rights Reserved.

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The Weather Thesaurus is a specialty thesaurus that fiction writers have been screaming for. And so I set to work, spending countless hours sifting and sorting through thousands of bestselling novels in all genres, looking for the words and phrases that professional authors use to describe various aspects of the weather. And after a year of hard work, it's finally finished.

Now you have in your hands a tool that will never let you down. It will help you describe almost every type of weather scenario imaginable. The entries in this book will give you an almost endless supply of descriptive recipes that will last you a lifetime.

The Weather Thesaurus contains sixty-two chapters, organized into five thematic sections or parts. These parts include the following:

1. Clouds and Vapor

2. Rain, Snow, and Storms

3. Sky

4. Wind and Humidity

5. Weather

Each chapter within the thesaurus focuses on a specific noun. These main entry words, along with their synonyms, make up most of the weather descriptions you will find in most fiction.

Chapters are broken up into six sections:

1. Noun Synonyms: This section lists similar words, as one might find in a traditional thesaurus.

2. Adjectives: Numerous adjectives are given in alphabetical order. These adjectives appeared with the entry word; therefore, they are what bestselling authors are using.

3. Adjectival Prepositional Phrases: These entries include the noun form followed by a prepositional phrase. As the name suggests, these phrases describe the noun. In practice, these entries are used instead of Adj + Noun. For example, instead of writing 'a gray cloud,' you could use 'a cloud of gray.'

4. Noun Phrases: This section lists noun phrases. In practice, these entries are typically used as a replacement for the single noun. For example, instead of writing 'the clouds edged closer,' you could write 'the billowing sea of clouds edged closer.'

5. Verbs: This section lists all the verbs that the main entry word can use when it's the subject of a clause or sentence. Some entries include example objects of the verb, while others use the placeholder [object]. This placeholder can be replaced with numerous nouns which I leave up to the writer to decide upon. [act] is a placeholder for any fitting verb, [sth] equals something, and [sb] equals somebody. Also, some verb entries are marked with an asterisk [*]; these are either adjectival, passive voice, or similar.

6. Usage Examples: Lastly, each chapter includes five example sentences that illustrate how easy it is to combine each of the previous five sections together to form descriptive sentences.

The best way to illustrate the use of The Weather Thesaurus is to give you an example.

Example: You want to create a descriptive paragraph where the main protagonist is driving through a hailstorm in his car.

Go to Chapter 21: Hail and browse through until you find a few words or phrases from each section. Once you have them written down in front of you, it's time to start putting the pieces together.

Some writers will not even need to do more than read a word or phrase and an entire passage will pop into their minds. Others, however, will need to flesh out a workable paragraph by trying a few different variations before one feels right.

Let's try:

Archie swerved his BMW around the tight bend, taking fire from a fusillade of hail, which bombarded the roof and windscreen from above.

Have a go yourself. You can certainly do better.

The sky truly is the limit with this thesaurus. You will never run out of descriptive ideas, that's for sure.

Finally, I want to thank you for grabbing a copy of The Weather Thesaurus. I hope it helps you in all your future fiction writing projects.

Warm Wishes,

Dahlia Evans

altocumulus; altostratus; billow; cloak; cloud bank; cloud ceiling; cloud cover; cloud form; cloud formation; cloudiness; cloudlet; cloudscape; cover; cumulonimbus; cumulus; dust; dust storm; fog; gloom; haze; mantle; mist; nebula; nebulosity; nimbostratus; nimbus; overcast; pall; puff; screen; shade; shadow; shroud; smog; smoke; smoke screen; soot; steam; stratus; thundercloud; thunderhead; vapor; veil.

above; abundant; accompanying; accumulating; acid; acrid; adjoining; advancing; aerosol; aerosolized; afternoon; aggravating; airborne; airy; alarming; all; all-consuming; all-enveloping; altocumulus; altostratus; aluminum; amazing; amber; amber-gold; ambrosial; ammonia; amorphous; Andean; angry; angry-looking; animate; another; anvil-head; anvil-shaped; any; apocalyptic; approaching; apricot; apricot-colored; aqua; arctic; argent; aromatic; ascending; ash; ash-and-smoke; ash-brown; ash-colored; ash-gray; ashen; atomic; atomic-looking; auburn; autumn; autumnal; awakening; awesome; awful.

baby; bad; bad-tempered; baguette-shaped; ball; balloon-like; banked-up; banking; barium; beautiful; beech-brown; beige; besetting; best; bewildering; bewitching; biblical; big; bilious; billowing; billowy; biting; bitter; black; black-and-white; black-as-soot; black-bellied; black-edged; black-fringed; black-gray; black-looking; black-purple; blackened; blackening; blackest; blackish; blanketing; blasted; bleak; bleakest; blinding; blissful; blistering; bloated; blocky; blood-like; bloodlike; bloodstained; bloody; blossoming; blowing; blue; blue-and-white; blue-black; blue-gray; blue-gray-black; blue-green; blue-silver; blue-white; bluish; bluish-green; bluish-pink; blurring; blushing; blustery; boiling; bourbon-colored; breakaway; breaking; breeze-blown; brewing; brief; bright; brightening; brilliant; broiling; broken; bronze-red; brooding; brown; brown-purple; brownish; bruise-black; bruise-colored; bruise-dark; bruise-purple; bruised; bruised-looking; buffeting; building; bulbous; bulky; bumpy; burgundy; burning; burnished; bursting; bushy; bustling; buttery; buzzing.