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23rd September 2020
Author Jo Thomas discusses the influence of travel on writing and finding inspiration in your surroundings.
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Setting
A strong sense of place can enrich every other element of your narrative, transporting your reader to the world in which your story is set as well as adding real atmosphere to your scenes as your plot unfolds. This collection of advice articles bring together a wealth of advice on how to build and develop the setting of a book.
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15th September 2020
Some would say I’ve had it easy when it comes to choosing a setting for my writing. I based my first novels in the stunning French Pyrenees, where I...
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11th December 2024
You’re smiling your way through carnival tents, neon tufts of cotton candy sticking to your palms, and you stumble across a game that looks like a...
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24th January 2021
The literature I surrounded myself with reflected this desire and books such as Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom; The Secret Garden by Frances...
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16th September 2020
Setting is an anchor. It has the ability to weight a story in any given time, or place. Daphne Du Maurier saw setting (her beloved Cornwall) as...
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23rd September 2020
Author Emma Chapman discusses her research methods for creating an authentic atmosphere and setting in her writing.