Links

How To Achieve Effective Setting
http://www.author-network.com/setting.html

The Caldron of Place
http://www.jamesnfrey.com/articles/place.html


Using the Five Senses to Create the Perfect Setting
http://www.sararwa.com/articles/senses.htm

In his book Secrets of Successful Fiction, Robert Newton Peck suggests
that, " . .a good author writes with a camera, not a pen." Let's consider, then,
that if the author's eye is the camera, then his/her paper is the theater
screen. What the author imagines or "sees" must be transmitted to the paper in
such a dramatic way that the reader feels he/she is actually a part of the scene
they're reading, experiencing it and seeing it in a physical sense.

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To recap:

-Establish the scene.
-Create the setting, making note of all
physical components.
-Apply the five senses to each physical component and
establish sensory detail.
-Balance description between narrative and
dialogue, remembering not to overload your reader with detail.
-Use your
description to move the plot forward.
-Give your characters props to work
with that are a natural part of the setting.
-Use the tools in your camera
bag, both the wide angle lens and the zoom lens, where appropriate, but use them
with care.