Showing posts with label Setting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Setting. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Gloucester

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 by Charlotte Hinger They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonde...
Friday, June 02, 2023

I'm Back

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 Better late than next time. I've missed my last two Friday posts. With the last, I was returning from South Burlington, Vermont. Luck w...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Travel riches

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In various ways, the past few Type M posts have been about setting. Airports, our favourite places to write, and visiting new parts of the ...
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Friday, April 19, 2019

Places Remembered

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I've been thinking about setting -- particularly in the wake of the fire at Notre Dame. I was in Paris for the second time a few years a...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

For the sake of art

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My current novel in progress has plunged me deep into unfamiliar territory. Literally. The prairies and badlands of Southern Alberta. I'...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018

In praise of authenticity

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I am sitting in a hotel room near the Calgary airport, waiting for my flight home to Ottawa in the morning. It's the last day of my two...
Friday, June 15, 2018

Setting and Social Issues

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Yesterday in her post, Donis wrote, "Setting is important to characterization." I've been thinking about that because of a bri...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

The Places We'll Write About

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I've been thinking about surroundings lately.  My own private space says a lot about me, and it's made me consider how importa...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Making A Real World

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Great-grandfather's farm After I read Vicki’s entry about location research, below, I commented that I’ve researched a lot of plac...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

A tale of two stories

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Vicki's post about the importance of getting the setting correct got me thinking. I have always been a big believer in walking in the f...
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Friday, November 04, 2016

Time and Setting

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"Well, let me catch you up. It's now later the same afternoon. . ." That's what Blanche on The Golden Girls says when D...
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Friday, October 21, 2016

Characters, Ideas, and Settings

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The posts by my colleagues this week has been so thought-provoking, I had a hard time deciding what to blog about today. Characters who take...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

The inspiration of setting

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Barbara here. Aline's post about how spectacular settings inspire an author's imagination is very timely. I am in the very initial s...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Characters and plot in search of setting

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Barbara here.Today I want to continue the fascinating topic of muses that was raised in Aline's and Rick's two previous posts. Aline...
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Friday, May 27, 2016

Maine Chance

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My grandson graduated from Colby College last Sunday. It has an excellent reputation for academics and was easily the most peaceful campus I...
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