Thursday, September 22, 2011

How do you pick your setting for your story?

How do you decide what will make a great setting for your story? Do you prefer to use made up places or places that actually exist? Have you ever tried to re-write a story in another setting? If you did, which setting worked best? Do you think stories you have written, or read, would be better is they took place in another setting? Why?How do you pick your setting for your story?
That depends on the story. Like certain stories and plots would be better suited to real places, e.g. Twilight in Forks.

However, certain authors will prefer to either make up a town, city, etc. (Harry Potter in Hogwarts) and other authors will prefer to have a real place.

For example, I'm writing a story at the moment and I've decided to create the town myself but based near real locations. The town I've created is called Thraces and it's based in Yorkshire near Kirkbymoorside and Sinnington. Now, I've decided to create this town based on the towns I've lived in. It seems kinda stupid but it actually helps.

In my future writings, I'm thinking of creating a town based on the places I love and I think are nice and create another town based on the places I'd love to go to. It'll be easier to create the towns this way, but again, that's just my preference.

However, if you feel you'd rather have a real town, then do it.

Like I said, it depends on the author and/or plot.

BUt I now you'll do well.

Good Luck with the story, let me know more about it!!!!How do you pick your setting for your story?
The setting is going to be Place Time and Date in the overall of the hole book!How do you pick your setting for your story?
I don't pick it... when the story comes to me, the setting comes along with it. I guess I COULD make things up, but that isn't how it works in my mind. The story is clear in my head, so I just describe it.



Settings do play a large part in the story though. So, sometimes it's good to have the setting suiting the mood (the classic storm during a war, for example).How do you pick your setting for your story?
when i write i like to use a setting that already exists, like France in 1875. you can focus more on your story instead of the setting, thats what i hated about Eragon, I couldn't place a sort of time or backdrop when reading. It was all %26quot;Renaissance, maybe? Medieval? Before then? VICTORIAN?%26quot; it is best to stick with a relative setting.