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In today’s installation of Think Like a Writer, we’ll look at creating a certain mood for your story, novel, or picture book. Writers know that readers want a certain experience and part of that is creating emotion or feeling. In other words, we need to create a setting that has a certain mood. How to [...]
At my house, we’re iced in today, with schools closed for the weather. How Does the Weather Affect Your Story? Have you ever included a snow or ice day in your story? Does your character sweat through a scorching day while mowing the lawn? If not, you’re missing a great chance to include sensory details [...]
Match Emotional Structure to the Novel’s Settings Always try to matching the setting to the emotional layers of your story. For example, the setting of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy is a New England coastal village, appropriate for several reasons. It’s built on a solid cliff, like Turner’s life is built on the solid [...]
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