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Where Am I? Setting the Scene
I’ve been reading lots of manuscripts lately and a common problem keeps arising. As a reader, I keep wondering, “Where am I?” The plot and characters are often interesting, but I’m lost. I need a map to figure out where I am. In other words, setting is crucial to keeping your readers grounded in your…
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Walking the Ground: Researching Setting for a Novel
I am researching the setting and background for a new novel, which I hope to set near Seattle, WA. I’m going there next month for a week and am trying to sort out what I need to know by the end of the week. What I Need to Know Sensory Details. I’ve written about the…
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Poland: A Writer’s Vacation
I just got home from ten days in Europe and I am ready to write. Why? Because getting out of my writing cave makes me bump up against people, against history, against emotional struggles. One place we visited is a memorial for the Belzec (Bee AWA zhek) Death Camp in eastern Poland, the first and…
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Set the Scene: Scan
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day to better Think Like a Writer. Read more here. Have you signed up for 750words.com yet? Or will you try doing 750 words on paper? I’ve just completed my 20th day of doing 750 words! Here’s another creative…
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Set the Scene: Zoom
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day to better Think Like a Writer. Read more here. Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day in January to better Think Like a Writer. This is the second…
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Set the Scene: Panorama
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day to better Think Like a Writer. Read more here. Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day in January to better Think Like a Writer. The next three days…