If you have enjoyed this setting thesaurus book, we have good news for you: there is a second volume in this series. The Rural Setting Thesaurus has over 100 additional settings and more how-to help on using figurative language to create vivid imagery and symbolic meaning, as well as lessons on how the setting can steer the plot, provide conflict through story-specific challenges, and influence emotions through mood.
Add deeper authenticity to your writing by bringing fiction and the real world together through common personal and natural places. Here are the locations included in The Rural Setting Thesaurus:
Abandoned Mine
Ancient Ruins
Archery Range
Arctic Tundra
Attic
Backyard
Badlands
Barn
Basement
Bathroom
Beach
Beach Party
Birthday Party
Block Party
Boarding School
Bomb Shelter
Campsite
Canyon
Cave
Chicken Coop
Child’s Bedroom
Church
Country Road
County Fair
Creek
Custodial Supply Closet
Desert
Dorm Room
Elementary School Classroom
Farm
Farmer’s Market
Flower Garden
Forest
Garage
Graveyard
Greenhouse
Grotto
Group Foster Home
Gymnasium
Halloween Party
High School Cafeteria
High School Hallway
Hiking Trail
Hot Springs
House Fire
House Party
Hunting Cabin
Kitchen
Lake
Landfill
Lighthouse
Living Room
Locker Room
Man Cave
Mansion
Marsh
Mausoleum
Meadow
Moors
Motor Home
Mountains
Nursery
Ocean
Orchard
Outhouse
Pasture
Patio Deck
Playground
Pond
Preschool
Principal’s Office
Prom
Quarry
Rainforest
Ranch
River
Rodeo
Root Cellar
Salvage Yard
School Bus
Science Lab
Secret Passageway
Slaughterhouse
Summer Camp
Swamp
Taxidermist
Teacher’s Lounge
Teenager’s Bedroom
Tool Shed
Trailer Park
Tree House
Tropical Island
Underground Storm Shelter
University Lecture Hall
University Quad
Vegetable Patch
Wake
Waterfall
Wedding Reception
Wine Cellar
Winery
Workshop