on Live Write Thrive:
Characters and setting are inseparable partners in storytelling. Each depends on the other to give a story its emotional weight and sense of reality. A novel with vivid characters but a weak or generic world feels hollow; a richly drawn world without living, believable characters feels static. Writers need to pay attention to how they create that intersection of characters and setting.
Many writers ignore this intersection. They craft great characters and a solid plot but treat setting as mere backdrop. Yet, the world your characters inhabit shapes who they are, how they think, and what they become.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Agreed. Story, characters & settings. A strong writer concentrates on all three.
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