Developing a vivid sense of place is essential to engaging your readers. But it serves multiple purposes.
It builds a wider, deeper world around your characters, and can embody your story’s central conflict and theme. It’s a great way to create and reveal character.
In this episode, you’ll brainstorm on 5 questions to develop a multi-dimensional story setting. A place your readers can drop into and inhabit.
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Episode at a glance:
[01:02] Common mistakes writers make when rendering their story’s place.
[02:45] Why place is vital to your story, and the many elements that create a vivid, textured place.
[06:21] 1. Where does your story take place?
[07:22] 2.When does your story take place?
[09:00] 3. What historical events surround your story?
[11:45] 4. What’s the political climate?
[13:10] What social expectations are your characters resisting, or conforming to?
[14:33] Research.
Whether you’re writing about a childhood home, or a fantastical world, learn how to research your story’s place so you can bring rich, surprising details, and authority to your story.
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