tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post9118639022814477795..comments2024-03-28T09:42:20.558-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Building a NovelJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-27061151429284364392012-01-24T14:03:35.748-05:002012-01-24T14:03:35.748-05:00I've created my town much as you have, althoug...I've created my town much as you have, although mine is present day. I, too, love the setting in a good book. I'm fascinated by real settings, especially if it's a place I've been. After I'd read Laurie R. King's Kate Martinelli series set in San Francisco, I enjoyed my visits there even more. I also love the fictitous town of Three Pines in Louise Penny's books. I can't wait to read your book with Cobb's Landing as a setting.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1036757823376485492012-01-24T12:39:25.922-05:002012-01-24T12:39:25.922-05:00Fascinating! I love your town and can't wait t...Fascinating! I love your town and can't wait to read the novel you'll set there. I think many readers go back to certain books because they love the setting.<br /><br />I also created an imaginary town for my book, EVERY LAST SECRET (forthcoming from Minotaur Books 4/24/12). In some ways, I think it makes the writing easier, but it takes a lot of work upfront before you begin--the same kind of work that you're describing so clearly here.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-7138101070291365962012-01-24T11:51:15.898-05:002012-01-24T11:51:15.898-05:00Thank you for a peek at your method of engineering...Thank you for a peek at your method of engineering a story. The location, weather and geological characteristics can add a setting as an important character in a story.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-17312428057164553812012-01-24T11:10:44.639-05:002012-01-24T11:10:44.639-05:00I was fascinated by the way you built up your town...I was fascinated by the way you built up your town. My thoughts about place would be it depends on the character who tells the story. I might think a city is dirty and scary but someone who was born and raised there but love every smelly street and alley, and all the seedy nightclubs where he wasted his teen years.<br /> If I grew up in the suburbs or a city, I might find a rural community boring and hate the way birds wake me in the morning and storms seem like a person threatening my front door and windows.Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-57584284840673496192012-01-24T10:24:51.846-05:002012-01-24T10:24:51.846-05:00I love setting too, but I also like atmosphere. I ...I love setting too, but I also like atmosphere. I want to see the place, but I also wanted feel the weather, smell what's there, hear the background and when appropriate taste it too. Genre writing doesn't lend itself to lots of description, but a few well placed descriptions can flesh out a novel like no other. <br /><br />My setting is the Outer Banks, N.C. When I revise, I'll review those elements of the sense to make sure readers who have never been there have a sense of place.<br /><br />Maps are sometimes placed in the front of books so the reader can keep track of proximity. Sometimes they are helpful, but if I have to refer to them too often, they become a burden.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com