The Novelist: The Importance of Setting in Fiction Writing
June 20, 2010 by Nina Munteanu
Filed under Fiction Writing, Workshops, Writing Tips, Writing Workshops, the novelist
Setting provides an “emotional landscape” upon which a character’s own temperament may play counterpoint or may resonate in a wonderful symphony
—Nina Munteanu (The Fiction Writer)
In my online writing classes and workshops I cover several common pitfalls of beginning writers. One common pitfall is to forget the importance of setting in story. Think of Frodo in [...]
