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This book includes:
- The three different types of setting
- The 10 purposes a setting might have
- Essential photography skills
- How to research a location before you visit it, so you make
the most of your time there
- What to do if you can't visit the place you need to write
about
- How settings change over time
- Why the setting can be the main focus of the story
- Why you always have to be specific - and how to do
it
- How to make your settings and descriptions unique
- 7 different ways in which the weather can affect
your story
- How to stop your readers from skipping bits
- How to see things as a writer does, and as
an artist does
- How strangers see places versus how you
see them
- How to add colour and use your senses
- How to adapt and redesign the places
you already know
- Why readers forget where they are
- and what to do about it
- How to combine action and description
to control the pace
- How to explore hidden meanings
- The best ways to use your holidays
to research stories
- How to invent a new country
- How to match your characters
to their settings -
and vice versa
- How your mood affects
your descriptions
- Plus lots of ways
to make your descriptions
and settings
more
realistic
- And much more -
far too many
great ideas
to list
here!
Sample idea: Background sound
A great way of capturing the atmosphere of the place you're
writing about is to go there (or get someone else to) and leave
a tape recorder or digital recorder running for an hour or two.
Then play the recording over and over again as you write, immersing
yourself in the sound of the location. It'll almost feel as if
you're there - especially if you surround yourself with photos
of the place too. After a few minutes you'll hardly notice the
sounds
in the background any more, but your subconscious mind will pick them up and
suggest the perfect words to you. These recordings are also the perfect thing
for masking out distracting noises when you're trying to write.
If you'll be playing the tapes a lot, it's worth transferring
them onto CD or onto your computer so they don't wear out. If
you want really good sound, use a high quality stereo digital
recorder to capture it, or a digital camcorder with a separate
microphone (don't use the built-in microphone as it'll be too
noisy).
Alternative product:
You might prefer the complete Volume
1 (The Elements of Fiction)
Includes: Characters, Description & Setting,
Dialogue, Plot, Structure, Theme
799 very clever ideas,
310 pages, £15.99
 
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