12 Questions to Ask Your Character to Bring Setting to Life
Too often, writers ignore setting. Look—we live in the physical world. We respond to and interact with every single setting…
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The Challenge of Creating Powerful Settings
Setting is so often overlooked or pushed to the background in fiction. But it is, perhaps, one of the most…
The Emotional Power of Connected Settings
Chances are, you’ve heard of deep point of view. Imagine a camera lens that zooms in for a close-up; deep…
Showing Your Scenes through Your Characters’ Senses
One of the reasons readers willingly immerse themselves in a story is to be transported. Whether it’s to another planet,…
Choosing Settings with the Highest EQ
Whether setting is a huge element in your story because of your premise or not, you can make setting powerful…
How to Choose Setting with a Purpose
Settings in fiction are often in the background—literally. Characters are talking and doing things, but readers get merely a glimpse…
Masterful Setting Description Part 3
Masterful setting description teaches us an important lesson: writers need to take the time to paint enough of a sensory-rich…
Masterful Setting Description Part 2
Setting description in most novels is the weakest element. As with character description, many writers don’t want to bother describing…
A Look at Masterful Setting Description
Masterful writing must seep into every corner of a novel. We looked briefly at the description of characters in the…
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