How to Write Setting

SETTING: Location, Location, Location - Where to Set Your Stories for Best Effect - and Easier Writi

11-18-08

When it comes to writing fiction, there are numerous advantages to creating a make-believe setting - whether it be a house, a street, a town or even a whole country. Not only do you n...

SETTING: The Essential Character

11-17-08

By Linda Adams and Emory Hackman You may be forgetting an important character in your book. It's not the protagonist. It's not the antagonist. It's the setting. &nbsp...

SETTING: Out Of Her Element

11-17-08

By Jamie Denton If you're writing a story and your heroine is from the city, there are certain things she won't do. She wouldn't expect a door to be held open for her, no matter how many ...

SETTING: Choosing and Describing a Perfect Setting

11-17-08

By Justin O'Leary Choosing a Perfect Setting A setting provides a mood whether it's an island inhabited by dinosaurs, an exploratory space ship or a country town with a secret. It should not ...

Setting

11-17-08

By Lori Handeland Setting. So what, you say. That's the least of my worries as a writer. I'll pick a place and set my book there. No problem. But have you ever considered a setting can i...

Setting 2

11-18-08

Setting refers to the context in time (both time period and time span) and place (including social environment and physical features) in which the action of a story occurs. Place or setting...

Setting Quotations

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"Every human event happens somewhere, and the reader wants to know what that somewhere was like." William Zinsser"In a few cases you'll need only a paragraph or two to sketch the setting of an eve...

Setting 3

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THE SCENE - A TIME AND A PLACE - THE WORLD OF YOUR STORY Describe with telling, sensory details. The look. The smell. The feel of where we are. Create credibility. Verisimilitude. But re...

SETTING: Definition of Setting

11-18-08

Setting, quite simply, is the story's time and place. While setting includes simple attributes such as climate or wall décor, it can also include complex dimensions such as the hi...

SETTING: Exotic Locations!

11-18-08

By Alice Gaines Chambers Location, location, location It's often said that in retail there are three things you need to succeed - location, location, location. Whil...

SETTING: Creating a Believable World

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By Sharon Caseburg One of the greatest difficulties Speculative Fiction authors experience when writing stories in this genre is in their ability to provide a believable environment fo...

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