Setting Collection


In this Craft Talk Pack, we feature writers who talk about creating rich setting and place in our writing.


Susanna Daniel

Click for video: 1:00-13:00

 

Susanna discusses her work as a fiction writer and the importance of setting as a dynamic element of a story along with characters and plot. She explores the meaning of setting in a number of novels, the visual and psychological levels of setting, and the description of the era included in the setting.

Keywords: Storytelling; setting


Nina Morrison

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Nina discusses her work as a playwright and using cultural research to prepare for a play. She speaks about how to work with social themes in the setting of the play as well as understanding the importance of setting to the characters and plot.

Keywords: Research; Social witnessing; Setting


Kali VanBaale

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Kali discusses her work as a writer of fiction and social issues. She teaches us how to invoke the five senses to illustrate setting, writing setting into stories of social justice, and the process of self-discovery through writing about social justice.

Keywords: Setting; social injustice; contrast


Paul Harding

Click for video: 25:37

 

Paul discusses his work as a fiction writer and the use of setting, place, and landscape in his writing process. He highlights the process of sensory observation in creating pieces of the story as well as using lyricism and tonality in writing.

Keywords: Setting; voice; observation; music


Lesley Jamison

Click for video: 5:14-22:05

 

Lesley discusses her work as a fiction writer and the importance of "world," which she describes as a dynamic and more detailed way to understand setting. She teaches us how to explore point of view, as well as the emotional and psychological lives of our characters to move the story forward.

Keywords: Setting; Character development; Point of view