tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post3205853633383751146..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: How To Make Your Setting Come Alive In EditsStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-59019368779938898812017-02-14T21:39:06.268-06:002017-02-14T21:39:06.268-06:00Ooooo! Setting.
Layce is a mountainous island wit...Ooooo! Setting.<br /><br />Layce is a mountainous island with four wings like the snow-white moth that has learned to survive the island's two vicious winters. Blys, a winter slick with kol-addled flood waters. And Ryme, with its incessant snowfall and frigid squalls. Across the northeastern wing spreads a frozen pool that never thaws. Dark and glittering with magic, something shimmers far beneath the surface and, to Winter's chagrin, a fissure begins to spread. From high atop the mountains, Winter calls to her wolves. She knows what it is that lies at the pool's heart. A fight is in the offing.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-85483309986685386342017-02-14T17:33:22.725-06:002017-02-14T17:33:22.725-06:00I got to stop 25 of the scavenger hunt! But I coul...I got to stop 25 of the scavenger hunt! But I couldn't find a place to submit my sentence. It said "enter it here", but there was no link to do so. Thanks, the hunt was fun!Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532450480107344192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-32260215897988644742017-02-14T13:22:23.349-06:002017-02-14T13:22:23.349-06:00That does sound like a fun challenge, Sophia! Than...That does sound like a fun challenge, Sophia! Thanks for sharing!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-22155485554784247102017-02-14T13:20:47.738-06:002017-02-14T13:20:47.738-06:00Oh, that's a great question, Ellie! I'll t...Oh, that's a great question, Ellie! I'll tackle that in its own blog post, okay? Or Jill might since she tends to be an over-describer and I tend to be an under-describer.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-62647734512243238262017-02-14T13:19:58.107-06:002017-02-14T13:19:58.107-06:00Greek inspired sounds amazing! I love that idea, R...Greek inspired sounds amazing! I love that idea, Rachelle.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-82774631556670661002017-02-13T19:58:01.924-06:002017-02-13T19:58:01.924-06:00The setting I'm most involved with at the mome...The setting I'm most involved with at the moment is for a time-travel novel I'm (heavily) revising. We begin, mostly, in the modern day, with ordinary modern things, like cameras. I try to stress their ordinariness, because soon the protagonist travels back in time, where instead of cameras, you have children drawing things on the floor with charcoal; instead of cellphones, you carry knives; instead of texting, you spin with a spindle ("spinal", with a removable whorl) and distaff (distaef, wullmod, lorh). She gets used to this sort of thing, until she's brought back to the "present" time, and sees things like phones, cereal, cars, electric lights, and laptops with a foreign eye. The "past" setting is eleventh-century England, and for most of the story it's the "normal". The unique thing about the setting is that it's what we're used to, what we think of as commonplace and ordinary, is strange. Trying to convey that without being too obvious about it can be a challenge, but it's a fun one. <br /><br />https://ofdreamsandswords.wordpress.comSophia Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393680730064003675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-37311147080666439642017-02-13T16:47:45.798-06:002017-02-13T16:47:45.798-06:00This is such a great post! My favorite setting def...This is such a great post! My favorite setting definitely has to be my steampunk pirates' airship, but the Garden of Eden is fun to write about as well. <br /><br />Do you have any tips for combating the opposite problem - description overload? How can I vividly describe my settings without overwhelming the reader with long paragraphs of description?<br /><br />Ellie | <a href="http://ontheothersideofrealitynew.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">On the Other Side of Reality</a><br />Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016450998401859766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-59052174990813255322017-02-13T14:55:02.970-06:002017-02-13T14:55:02.970-06:00This is a really helpful post, Stephanie! Setting ...This is a really helpful post, Stephanie! Setting is something I really struggle with, so these were very helpful tips. My WIP is a fantasy with Greek inspiration, so I'm trying to include things like pillars and open spaces and the like. Also, it has a blue moon, which is fun to play with. I find that teasing out those details is a struggle for me sometimes, though.Rachelle O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02884513979937452569noreply@blogger.com