By: Angela
Ackerman
With the Urban and Rural Setting Thesaurus books
releasing in just two weeks (June 13th), pretty much all I can think
about is the setting, ergo today’s topic. You guys have no idea how much Becca
and I are loving all the tweets, emails, comments and posts from all of you
about these upcoming books–thanks so much for your enthusiasm and support! And,
because we know waiting is hard, we’ve created a Goodreads giveaway for each volume of The Setting
Thesaurus, so stop in and enter if you like.
Okay, moving on…
With writers, there seems to
be two camps: those who love writing setting description, and those…who…don’t.
There isn’t always a lot of middle ground.
Becca is definitely in the former group. She’s freakishly
good at world building. Each setting she writes feels like a living, breathing
place, yet distilled to have clarity and purpose, so only the most important
bits are shown without disrupting the pace or action.
For many, when it comes to describing the setting, the words
don’t immediately flow. Some of us (cough-me-cough) tend to write on the leaner
side of things, especially early on, and it is only in later drafts we put more
“meat” on the setting “bone.”
Here’s the good news: regardless of whether you embrace
setting description or not, one way to level up your writing is to think hard
about each location you choose. The “where” of each scene is an important
factor, and worth the extra time to plan. Here’s two big reasons why:
It Achieves Story and Character Depth
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