The Narrative Significance of Place
Guest post by Mariia Kukkakorpi. Have you ever considered how places influence storytelling, shape the atmosphere, or evoke the reader’s…
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Infusing Mood into Your Fiction
Every person or character, at any given time, is in a particular mood. Generally, mood is a person’s state of…
Setting – The Versatile Tool for the Fiction Writer
Settings in fiction are often in the background—literally. Characters are talking and doing things, but readers get merely a glimpse…
5 World-Building Tips to Write a Captivating Novel
Today’s guest post is by Dario Villirilli. In storytelling, world building is the process of constructing an (often imaginary) world…
Bringing Setting to Life through Your Characters’ Emotions
Here’s a post I wrote some years ago that is worth revisiting! One of the reasons readers willingly immerse themselves…
Use Sensory Detail to Bring Setting to Life
Fiction writers often ignore setting. Or it’s casually brushed over as if the writer begrudgingly knows something ought to be…
Why Setting Is a Powerful Tool in the Writer’s Toolbox
This month I’m launching my new online video course: Crafting Powerful Settings. Here’s the intro to the course. If you…
Showing the World through Your Character’s Senses
One of the primary objectives and responsibilities of a fiction writer is to transport readers into the world of their…
5 Tips to Writing about Place in Fiction
Today’s guest post is by Yasmin Chopin. I am often asked, ‘What is place writing?’ As a field of study,…
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