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It's incredibly useful. I have a massive thick Thesaurus on my bookshelf but it's so much more convenient to simply type in the word you need a synonym for!

This thread is going to be really helpful for me as I have a ship in my novel. Will have to read this properly when I have time - thanks for posting this :)

I think you are referring to what are known as 'proper nouns' - names of places, people etc. I have different names for seasons in my world and I do capitalise these, but I'm consistent with it so I reckon that should be ok? Thanks for your help. :)

Some really great info here guys, thank you to all of you :)

Welcome to the forum, Alicia! You're published? *jealous* :D and also...you live in Mauritius? Lucky girl! Hope you enjoy the forum :)

What is the difference(s) between Your Majesty, Your Highness, Sire, My Liege etc etc. Also, is the "your" and "my" capitalised or not? Are different members of the royal family referred to with different titles? I also have another question. The ruler of my world is referred to as Prince -...

Good question, as I have a portcullis in my story. How many people would it take to power the winch from the inside is what I would like to know if anyone would care to let me know :D

Dictionary.com also has a quiz game called Word Dynamo. It's really fun if you enjoy learning new words and refreshing your memory about others you already know. Quite helpful to writers, I recommend it.

What sort of foods exist in your world? My characters eat a lot of nuts, berries and pickles - lots of non perishables they can eat while travelling as they're almost constantly on the move. How about you guys?

Wow you guys are super creative! All sounds very interesting :)

What forms of transport do you have in your world? Teleportation, maybe? Or just horses or maybe you have some mythical creature people use to get around? Also, does your world include public transport - some kind of train or tunnel network like the Tube in London? I'm interested to know this...

Some great info here guys, thanks for replying. I may go with "driver", for the simplicity. Very interesting to know that a person who hired out horses is called a "hackneyman" too,

I was wondering how big an acre of land is? I have a large collection of fields that play an important role in the last part of my novel and I am interested to know this so I can describe the fields as being so many acres. Also, how far is a league? e.g. "seven leagues away from the town..."...

I've read all three books. The concept of a totalitarian, dystopian society has been done before and has been done very well (e.g. Orwell's 1984) so I it's difficult to make such a concept fresh and original. I thought Suzanne Collins did a wonderful job, however. I liked the storyline and it...

In an earlier draft of my novel I had a dragon that helped my protagonists out of a tight spot - (depressed because it was one of the last of its kind and also because in reality it was friendly and social but society viewed it as a menace and thus kept a distance or "ran away screaming," as the...