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Hi all,

I just came upon a really nice writing resource. Have you ever had a word on the tip of your tongue, but couldn't think of it for the life of you? The siteOneLook dictionary site will let you look up words if you can remember parts of them. (For example, it begins with a "t" and has something to do with rain.) It also has a straight-forward reverse-lookup dictionary. For example, if you forgot the word "henchman," you could look up "villain's assistant." The site will come up with 100 suggestions for whatever you type. After the first few, the answers can become amusingly irrelevant. So if you don't get what you want, you might at least get a laugh.

When I typed in "villain's assistant" the very first suggestion was "henchman". But some other, more unusual, suggestions were: Kahn, face, elf, and Cain. (I am guessing that the last one was based on Abel's brother and not on a certain actor.)

- Lynn

I dunno, how well do any of us really know Dean?

But that does look cool, thanks!!

Oh, that sounds cool, especially for me as someone for whome English isn't the first language, that could be helpful.
Thanks for the rec, Lynn.
PS: No we know how Lex came back from the dead. His Henchman, Mr. Cain, forced the Producers to write it :-)

Oh, very cool! Bookmarked it for future reference, thanks!

I also find WritingPrompts helpful to stir the muse up from time to time.

Neat! My computer's Thesaurus could use some backup!

Smithsonian magazine just had an article on literary inventions. Definitely a different perspective on how to make a story compelling--and maybe story options to get out of a tight spot.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/inno...oscience-behind-how-they-work-180977168/