EPISODE · Aug 11, 2023 · 25 MIN
Episode 73 - How to make settings work for our story, and how writers get to work each day.
from Essential Guide to Writing a Novel · host James Thayer
Here are two errors we might make when describing our setting. First, using a dull setting. And, second, making the setting inert, that is, not having the setting contribute to the story. Here are techniques to avoid both mistakes. Plus, we'll look at how other novelists get to work each day, how they manage to sit themselves down and start writing.Support the showBuy the master class.
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Here are two errors we might make when describing our setting. First, using a dull setting. And, second, making the setting inert, that is, not having the setting contribute to the story. Here are techniques to avoid both mistakes. Plus, we'll look at how other novelists get to work each day, how they manage to sit themselves down and start writing. Support the show Buy the master class.
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