I'll have a zoom reading & development of my full-length play GLIMPSES, produced by Just Write! Lakeland, of Lakeland, FL. The reading will be on Monday, January 31, at 7 p.m. If you can attend, pls PM me and I'll provide an email for the zoom link - which will be available on the weekend! Whoo-hoo! I'm excited!!!
How to locate words that were used when writing a period piece
I accidentally discovered that Google charts the popularity of terms by year!
For example, in Google, type: Sweat define
You’ll see this:
My period piece takes place in the 1850s. The word “sweat” was not commonly used. So I look at the synonyms listed in that google search:
I try “perspire”:
Much better!
I feel like I found a gold mine! Well, a “word mine!”