For instance, I have the cafeteria scene, but I pull out the unique details of Korea using thumbprint scanners to deduct from student's accounts. Or I have the locker scene, but then something (Sorry! No spoilers today!) very unusual happens.
When I was at the Hohenzollern Castle in Germany, I was overwhelmed by all the details that the builders put into the design of the buildings. I couldn't resist chatting about how important using unique details creates a unique story.
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What are ways that you incorporate details in your settings?
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Good post. I find that place is also a character (esp. during revisions) because many times the story couldn't take place anywhere but the particular place I imagine. God and the devil are in the details :)
Those details are so important!
Great post. In my first two books (which are unqueriable), I had such trouble with setting, so in my third I set the story in a place I knew, almost better than where I live. That helped me create the setting as character rather than just a place.
It's funny, my sister said that part of the reason she didn't like the movie Brave was because she felt like it was the same setting and she got bored.
I think it has to be a balance. Different settings, but not too many so the reader gets confused.
I always need to work more on details, because they add so much to the story. Great post! That castle is beautiful. :)
I generally try to create a different setting, or at the very least, move my characters around to different settings a lot. For example, a lot of my current WIP is set in the characters' personal places, like their houses or places they work, or the prison-like city they live in. When I incorporate one of the common-place or cliched settings like the school, I try to focus less on the setting and more on what's happening there.
I love floor plans. I always have one for every important character's house, and any other buildings that are important to the story.
You're so right about the mundaneness of setting YA in a typical school setting. I never read those as a kid and I don't write them now. Yay for German castles and other exciting settings! :-)
Great points! sprinkling details about a setting into a scene will definitely make it stand out more in a reader's mind. :)
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It's hard when you write YA that takes place in classrooms. This is when you need to be creative.
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