[S]etting is a vital component of any story, and it does involve a body of technique which you can learn and use to improve your creative work.
An edition of Setting
(1994)
Setting
How to create and sustain a sharp sense of time and place in your fiction.
First edition
by Jack M. Bickham
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Through clear, hands-on instruction, Jack Bickham teaches you how to create setting and how to incorporate it into your story or novel. You'll find that his tips on using sensual detail, vivid language and keen observation improve not only your ability to create setting, but also your overall writing skills. You'll develop a sure sense of how· setting works and how to create one.
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Setting: How to create and sustain a sharp sense of time and place in your fiction.
February 1994, Writer's Digest Books
Hardcover
in English
- First edition
0898796350 9780898796353
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Table of Contents
1.
Why setting is in important
Page 1
2.
Presenting sense impressions
Page 8
3.
Presenting factual material
Page 19
4.
Fudging facts: When it's okay to stray from truth
Page 28
5.
Setting in specialized stories
Page 38
6.
How setting acts as your story backbone
Page 48
7.
How to use setting to advance plot
Page 62
8.
How setting affects character
Page 71
9.
How setting adds to story meaning and vitality
Page 85
10.
Setting and viewpoint: It's how you look at it
Page 94
11.
Setting the mood: How setting viewpoint creates atmosphere
Page 101
12.
Showing setting during movement and action
Page 110
13.
The story behind your setting
Page 125
14.
Setting and style
Page 133
15.
Exercises to sharpen your settings
Page 141
16.
A program for further study and growth
Page l50
Appendix 1: Research resources and techniques
Page 155
Appendix 2: Nancy Berland's setting research form
Page 165
Index
Page 170
Edition Notes
Includes index.
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