For those swear that never read fiction, try James A. Michener. His novels are nonfiction-fat and researched so well that I have most of his annotated with marginalia to pass along to my grandkids when (if!) they are ever receptive! I liked “Hawaii” best. The paperback kept me busy on my subway rides to work in 1960 and the white paperback cover is still tainted by New York City soot. am betting that you don’t think there would be enough words in this category that I didn’t know or that I think you might not know. So, here’s a little test from those “Affecting Words” from so long ago. Can you define them or write an example of them without peeking at a dictionary?
Marginalia (Hint: In those days I called my marginalia annotations even though I knew what I was writing wasn’t academic enough for that hallowed term to be applied to my scribbles.)
Demiurgic Palimpsest Semantic Narrowing
Metonymy Asyndeton Antiphon
Synecdoche (one of my favorites. Maybe it will a future column right here on Susan Volante’s First Chapter Plus!)
Test yourself with those words. Or just join WordGenius.com and play with me. (No I don’t get paid for inviting you!) And no, I’m not going to tell you more about them. I want to share the fun with you. Or have you wait for my next project to do that for you (keep reading!) These old favorite writers’ words of mine have become a Work in Progress (WIP) for Modern History Press. I am hoping it will be released late in 2024. It’s possible. I have written way more than the first page of that book! Do you want to take bets on whether I get it finished? It, like most of my books, is turning out to be more time-consuming than I estimated. Still, I’m loving it because I have renewed and am fostering an old love. What more could a writer ask from reviving an old habit (or is it a hobby?) than the release of a new book?
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