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Tag: Setting
Uncanny Vibes: Atmospheric Settings in Otherworldly, a guest post by F. T. Lukens
The concept of liminality plays a crucial role in Otherworldly, and as such, many of the important moments happen in liminal spaces.
The Place That Started It All, a guest post by Mindy Nichols Wendell
Some books start with a character, some with an image, some with a memory. Light and Air began with a place: the ruins of a real life tuberculosis sanatorium.
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."
More Recent Posts
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.
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.
The Where of it All: Place and Story, a guest post by Kathi Appelt
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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