Venice makes an excellent location for a writer to put inside a work of fiction. It’s not difficult to see why this is. Selecting Venice as one of the places where action takes place when writing a novel solves a number of dilemmas that writers often face.
How can a location solve a problem?
Well – writers like me try to make their readers imagine vivid scenes, lively action, interesting people and curious things. It is difficult for a reader to visualise a fictional place unless an author describes it minutely. I try to avoid lengthy descriptions, because I find it slows down the action. So how do I inject atmosphere without the words? Well – I use places like Venice. Continue reading “Venice – the ideal location for a novel”
