I discovered these notes in one of my notebooks while I was transferring some of the notes from a story telling retreat. I don’t have documented where this information came from but I thought it was good advice. So here is:

–        Get over the guilt. All of us are busy.

–        A story can be different from others simply by setting.

–        Setting can be a geographical location.

–        Besides the main setting that can be other settings in different locations in different situations.

–        Book: The False Prince by Jeffrey netson, check it out.

–        Use a little bit of setting that can become important later in the story.

–        Don’t let setting takeover the story.

–        Examples of famous settings: Hogwarts, I tale of two cities.

–        Some settings are emotional. An example is John Grissom

–        Settings can conjure up images that live with you.

–        When you during descriptions. It requires more words. But avoid using them too much.

–        Examples of descriptions: brisk breeze. Smell of a fire, crunch pebbles, cascading waterfall, cold dampness, scent of pine, animal trails, dust in the air when Wendy, bright or shadows areas, quiet bears.

–        The level of details given in a scene is influenced by if the objective of the scene is to establish setting.

–        Setting can be addressed after you write the original draft. Then you can embellish the same.

If you some suggestions on how to improve the setting in your story, book or for storytelling, please feel free to share it. Thank you.