Setting - Part one

Make your settings feel real by focusing on people in place and how a particular location makes them feel, says author and tutor Ian Ayris.

After spending some time working through the Building Block of Structure, we found ourselves at the end of the last article faced with two further Building Blocks of Creative Writing – one marked CHARACTER and the other marked SETTING. The Building Block marked CHARACTER sits somewhat ragged.

I think we’ll leave that one for another day.

The Building Block marked SETTING, however, has beautiful flowers growing around its base and its edge is lined with the white hot rays of the noonday sun.

I like that.

So, what do we mean by the word Setting?