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Day: April 10, 2018

Four Ways to Get Your Setting Right – Even If You Haven’t Been There

travel writing old-1130735_960_720It’s hard enough to write about a place you know well. What do you do when your story takes place somewhere you’ve never been?

Let’s say you have a great idea for a novel set in Granada, Spain, but you’ve never been outside the USA. How do you make the setting realistic? More to the point, how do you keep from making the sort of gaffe that will make readers who have been there throw your book across the room?

Fortunately, we have suggestions. Check these out: Continue reading “Four Ways to Get Your Setting Right – Even If You Haven’t Been There”

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Author Lynne CantwellPosted on April 10, 2018April 9, 2018Categories Staff ArticlesTags location research, realistic writing, Setting, settings11 Comments on Four Ways to Get Your Setting Right – Even If You Haven’t Been There
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