My current most active WIP takes place here in Calgary. I have avoided using places I know well in other stories I have written because I'm always afraid that the reader won't be able to connect with a place he has never been to or isn't part of popular culture. Let's face it, although Calgary is growing and is a major centre by Canadian standards, it isn't New York (or even Fargo for that matter). So here are some question I would like to ask of people:
Where do your stories take place?
How do you introduce your setting?
If you set your story in a well known location (London/New York/Hong Kong) do you assume that everyone knows enough about it to skip over major details?
If you set your story in a less famous place what to you include to familiarize your reader with it?
And here is an exercise:
Paint a picture with words of this vista:
Where do your stories take place?
How do you introduce your setting?
If you set your story in a well known location (London/New York/Hong Kong) do you assume that everyone knows enough about it to skip over major details?
If you set your story in a less famous place what to you include to familiarize your reader with it?
And here is an exercise:
Paint a picture with words of this vista:
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