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Tag: Setting

April 27, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Setting and Specificity: We Will Meet You There, a guest post by Polly Farquhar

The idea of what is universal has been on my mind a lot. Too often universal means "You must get over here" rather than "We will meet you there."

December 8, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Inside-out and Outside-in: Thoughts on Setting in SNOW FOAL and Beyond, a guest post by Susanna Bailey

The use of exterior landscape to illustrate what is going on ‘inside’ my characters is now a feature of my writing.

July 6, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Our Settings, Ourselves: Crafting Settings That Matter from Settings That Inspire, a guest post by Erica George

In my latest contemporary young adult novel, The Edge of Summer, main character Coriander Cabot returns to Cape Cod for the summer, the place where the year before, her best friend drowned.

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Today Kathi Appelt's new YA book, ANGEL THIEVES, comes out. She joins us to share about the importance of Place when crafting a story and the multiple layers that only that particular place can hold.

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