Tag: setting
How to Enhance Contrast in Your Writing
Emphasizing contrasts in your story makes characters, settings & themes more compelling. Here’s how to use those dynamics for better writing.
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Career Authors Infographic Library
Career Author’s Infographics distill complex topics into the essentials to help keep you informed and laser-focused when you’re trying to create compelling characters and prose.
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Should You Fictionalize Your Setting?
by Colleen Oakley “Setting is sometimes a character.” I’ll never forget my 11th-grade English...
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SECRETS OF A SETTING MASTER: From Vermont to Ireland to Near-Future USA and Back Again
Master of setting Sarah Stewart Taylor shares the secrets of writing authentic settings, whether real or fictionailzed or the figment of alternate realities.
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ANATOMY OF A STORY IDEA
A story is only as good as the idea on which it’s based. But coming up with a story-worthy idea that can sustain a 400-page narrative is hard enough; add in the demand for high-concept plots in today’s tough marketplace and the challenge becomes all the more difficult. Here’s how one writer does it.
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SETTING: The Silent Character
What are the components of setting? And how do we utilize setting to influence the thoughts and emotions of our POV characters and add tension and richness to our storytelling? To help answer this question, we at Career Authors proudly present the fourth installment in our series of infographics—SETTING: The Silent Character.
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Revealing Character through Setting
Setting has three main functions: creating an atmosphere, grounding the action in a physical space, and revealing character. These tips show how to use setting to reveal character.
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