tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339328496729860196.post4035780783996573849..comments2023-05-09T03:44:54.177-06:00Comments on Meet the Authors: Place-based Fictiondrldonovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064016217890510893noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339328496729860196.post-8793418916096472572013-10-19T09:34:23.853-06:002013-10-19T09:34:23.853-06:00
Place is important, because to make anything beli...<br />Place is important, because to make anything believable or real we have to incorporate the five senses and I believe a place can help invoke all those senses. The setting needs to be carefully crafted when writing it down and expressing the scene to other readers, so that they can visualize the scene with just those descriptions. I can’t think of any successful work that the physical Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138826482425157369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339328496729860196.post-51952845411985559752013-10-18T22:18:34.203-06:002013-10-18T22:18:34.203-06:00I just wanted to edit my comment, but the only opt...I just wanted to edit my comment, but the only option was to delete it. Oh well. I wanted to add that I've realized what stories I was thinking of that could take place pretty much anywhere: fairy tales. That's part of the reason they start with "once upon a time..." because that could be any time or place. We have all seen fairy tales told again and again in different forms, soAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667896751740880649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339328496729860196.post-7791004070085187192013-10-18T13:55:41.227-06:002013-10-18T13:55:41.227-06:00When Shakespeare was writing for the stage, his in...When Shakespeare was writing for the stage, his indications of setting were vague as could be, and the stage itself was almost entirely bare of props and decoration. It was up to the playgoer to supply the setting, as much as it was their responsibility to suspend disbelief and acknowledge the rules of asides and the actors' physical orientations. The actors themselves would sometimes mime CraigDubykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054836650178486075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339328496729860196.post-6013017648157362152013-10-17T09:59:52.430-06:002013-10-17T09:59:52.430-06:00Anna has made some great points, and I am in compl...Anna has made some great points, and I am in complete agreement! For me, setting matters just as much as the plot, character development, or language used by the author. I have yet to read a story where the description of setting is so vague that it is almost nonexistent. Frankly, I dread thinking that there are stories out there that can do this. My question is - is it successful to write that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960260755255517901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339328496729860196.post-20927278304145096172013-10-16T22:40:47.719-06:002013-10-16T22:40:47.719-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667896751740880649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339328496729860196.post-10512229536013908542013-10-16T22:33:05.648-06:002013-10-16T22:33:05.648-06:00I know I am the only one in this class who took Dr...I know I am the only one in this class who took Dr. Donovan's Tolkien Studies class, so I'll go ahead and bring this up. In that class we talked about how the setting in Lord of the Rings is almost like its own character. It is vital to the story--traversing the landscape, and the hardships the characters of LOTR must overcome because of the landscape, are all essential to the story. The Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667896751740880649noreply@blogger.com