{"id":15602,"date":"2016-09-15T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=15602"},"modified":"2016-09-15T14:50:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T21:50:54","slug":"get-settings-kay-keppler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/15\/get-settings-kay-keppler\/","title":{"rendered":"Get More from Your Settings by Kay Keppler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FwDXpW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FwDXpW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12628 size-medium\" title=\"Loving Lucy by Kay Keppler\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Loving Lucy by Kay Keppler\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-300x447.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist, editor, and novelist,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ICkoOc\" target=\"_blank\">Kay Keppler<\/a>, as she shares with us &#8220;Get More from Your Settings!&#8221;\u00a0<em>Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you ever picked up a book and read back cover copy that sent shivers down your spine?<\/strong> You know what I mean: stories located in a peaceful country garden filled with sweetpeas and butterflies, or the brooding castle that bristles with medieval weaponry\u2014these are the settings that tell you what adventures lie in store.<\/p>\n<p>As a writer, you want your readers to immerse themselves in your story, and a good setting can help you do that by grounding readers in time and place. Generalized elements such as a small town or the Roaring Twenties set reader expectations for how characters might behave and your plot develop. But you can enrich your settings to do a lot more.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2bYF2BC\" target=\"_blank\">Robert McKee<\/a> says that setting can establish mood and evoke emotion<\/strong>, enhance story unity, intensify suspense, motivate or explain character, and clarify the novel\u2019s theme. The four elements of setting include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time period<\/li>\n<li>Duration<\/li>\n<li>Location<\/li>\n<li>Level of conflict<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These elements are especially important to genre fiction, which is based on geography or locale (Westerns), time and place (fantasy), emotional intensity (romance), or technology (science fiction).<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much can setting affect story?<\/strong> Think about <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cdIWUT\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em><\/a>, which was written in 1909, and why it still resonates with audiences. The plot and characters are standard issue, but what we like about that story is the setting: the dark, mysterious, and creepy Op\u00e9ra itself. <em>Phantom<\/em> is a story of place, a place that\u2019s as important\u2014or more important\u2014than any of the humans who populate it. It\u2019s a setting that evokes emotion and strengthens conflict so strongly and convincingly that it shapes the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Another example: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2bUoQA4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Montana Sky <\/em><\/a>by Nora Roberts. In this story, as in <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>, readers understand immediately from the title how important the setting is. The Montana ranch is a unifying theme for the characters, each of whom has a different background, outlook, and conflict, but who must work together to save their inheritance, the land. The setting of the ranch shapes the characters by imposing limitations and challenges, and changing their attitudes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting It Right<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To strengthen the setting in your stories, ask yourself these five questions. (Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/diymfa.com\/writing\/5onfri-top-5-mistakes-writers-make-comes-setting\" target=\"_blank\">Angela Ackerman<\/a>\u00a0for her advice.)<\/p>\n<h4>1) Is my setting specific, not general?<\/h4>\n<p>Vivid, concrete details let readers feel like they\u2019re right there, and adding specific description and symbolism adds layers to the story itself. However, don\u2019t spend too much time building worlds and writing descriptive exposition. Make sure the setting mirrors and complicates the plot. Don\u2019t let it <em>become<\/em> the plot.<\/p>\n<h4>2) Am I focusing on all the senses?<\/h4>\n<p>Get to the heart of your characters\u2019 emotional state by including sounds that add realism, smells that trigger memories, and anything else that reveals what\u2019s important to the character. Don\u2019t rely on sight alone.<\/p>\n<h4>3) Do I over describe or describe the wrong things?<\/h4>\n<p>You might know exactly what the scene looks like, but your readers don\u2019t want to read ten pages of descriptive exposition. Over describing kills pacing. <strong>Include only details that reveal characterization or plot, or build emotional intensity.<\/strong> If your setting details don\u2019t add to the scene by pushing your story forward, cut them.<\/p>\n<h4>4) Can I build more emotion with this setting?<\/h4>\n<p>As your character returns to the small town where she grew up after ten years away, what does she see and how does she feel about it? Filtering the character\u2019s world\u2014your setting\u2014through their senses and emotions establishes point of view, creates a more vivid picture, and helps the reader understand who the characters are.<\/p>\n<h4>5) Is my setting meaningful, rather than simply convenient?<\/h4>\n<p>Think about how the setting for any specific scene could add an emotional value, creating conflict or tension and amping the stakes for your characters. Say for example, that the parents of your young adult character have died suddenly, and now your character has the responsibility of raising her kid sister. Where do they live? Perhaps it\u2019s the family homestead, where your character grew up surrounded by love, and she feels the challenge of creating the same environment for her young sibling. Or perhaps the family homestead was a place of horror and abuse for your character, a place she fears and loathes. What then?<\/p>\n<p>Or consider a more sporadic setting: Is the big tree in the town square the site of your grandfather\u2019s lynching, or your grandparents\u2019 first kiss? How does your character feel every time he walks by that tree?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Powerful Force<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Setting can be a powerful force in your novel, defining and structuring critical moments and evoking strong feelings. When setting acts on characters to heighten tension or enhance emotions, or when characters respond to the setting as they would to other characters, your setting achieves the status of human character in the story. And then it will be truly memorable.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Kay Keppler\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kay Keppler<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9691\" title=\"Kay Keppler\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kay-Keppler_31.jpg\" alt=\"Kay Keppler\" width=\"150\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0<em><a title=\"Zero Gravity Outcasts\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1rqW2wW\" target=\"_blank\">Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>, <em><a title=\"Betting on Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1l42nc4\" target=\"_blank\">Betting on Hope<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<em><a title=\"Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1pEPjjq\" target=\"_blank\">Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a><\/em>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013<em><a title=\"Angel\u2019s Kiss\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1nylmgE\" target=\"_blank\">Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Outsource It<\/em>! She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0<a title=\"kaykeppler@yahoo.com\" href=\"mailto:kaykeppler@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever picked up a book and read back cover copy that sent shivers down your spine? 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