Eclectic writer: Place

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Tuesday's Writer's Tip About Setting @BWLAuthor @MFRWAuthor #Places #weather #time of day

Settings is an important part of a story. This is the Where and When of a story. There are severalelements in setting a story in a particular place. There is the country, town or city. Also there is the time of year, and the time of day. There is also the weather at the time of your story. All have ways to influence the story.

Place can be used in a variety of ways. Every country has a culture and also important places. The same goes for a town, city or village. Also in each setting there is a particular place such as a house, a room or the surroundings. Giving these particular places a voice in the story can add to the tension. Think of a spooky house or a hotel room, an office or a hospital. All can add to the ambiance of a story.

Time can also be an element in a story. What year is the story taking place. What events have occurred around that time. What time of day is your character existing in. There are differences in the light of morning or a moonlit night. All these can be used to influence the characters.

Weather can also add depth to your story. Think of a frain storm, a tornado, a blizzard. Each of these events could have an influence on your character. Think of the difference between a confrontation in the sun or one beneath the moon. This can influence your characters.

So pay attention to your setting and use the elements to add tension to the story.

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Tuesday's Writer's Tip Awkward Time and Place Shifts Janet Lane Walters #MFRWAuthor #BWLPublishing #Time #Place

Few books take place in just one place and in just a short span of time. As you revise, you can suddenly discover little things like having two very different actions taking place at the same time in your book. You can also wonder things like, I left the heroine in the kitchen, when did she travel to the barn. These and other little glitches make the time or place shifts on the book awkward for you and bring the reader to disbelief.

Let's look at the kind of times there can be.
Chronological time is objective. There are seconds, minutes, days, weeks months, years and so forth. In this kind of time, the characters move from event to event and from place to place.

Then there is subjective time and this is an emotional time. Remember how long it seemed when you were waiting for a special event in your life. Time seemed to drag. Then when you were experiencing that special time, time seemed to flow too fast.

The interesting thing about time is two people can experience the same block of time in different ways. He can think the time flies while she's thinking how the time drags.So keep this in mind while writing.

Both kind of time needs to be present in the story. More about how to use time in your story next time.