When I write a world that my characters might live in, I want to express more than merely the sights, the sounds, and the smells. I want to convey the emotions that place evokes for me, the author.
The fact is, unless we are there physically, other places don’t really exist for us. For this reason, the only world that really exists in this incarnation is the space we physically occupy as individuals.
The only true reality is the space we can see, hear, smell, and touch. This is our setting, the world in which our life story plays out.
In literary terms, what is setting? It is the environment your characters live and interact with. It is scenery, topography, plants, and animals. The setting is also comprised of a place in time, defined by an era, or a level of technology.
These aspects of the setting are crucial…
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❤ Thank you for the reblog, Chris 😀
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