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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to the next installment of craft posts by monthly guest columnist, Kay Keppler. Today she\u2019ll share about setting and how to make them work for your story. You can contact Kay through the \u00a0Writer\u2019s Fun Zone<\/strong>\u00a0or at kaykeppler@yahoo.com to ask questions, suggest topics, or tell her she\u2019s off her rocker. (She let me say that!)<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

I can see it now\u2014you and your Aunt Myrtle at Thanksgiving. \u201cWhat\u2019s your book about, dear?\u201d she\u2019ll say over turkey and gravy.<\/p>\n

And you oblige her by saying, \u201cWell, my heroine\u2014that\u2019s Artemisia Bullwinkle\u2014finds a body in the pantry and figures out that the heir and her true love\u2014that\u2019s Froggie Muckbottom\u2014did it. She sends him to the Big House, where he catches chilblains and she knits him woolen booties. And it all happens in Regency England.\u201d<\/p>\n

And then your Aunt Myrtle says, \u201cThat\u2019s nice, dear,\u201d and reaches for the cranberry sauce.<\/p>\n

What did you just do in that short synopsis? You\u2019ve described your characters, something of their character path, the conflict, plot, and setting. Not bad for that quiet moment after your Uncle Al threatens to eat over at the tavern if you all can\u2019t keep it down so he can watch the football game.<\/p>\n

In that story synopsis, everything changes\u2014everything except Regency England, your setting. But don\u2019t let that setting just lie there comatose like Grandpa after two pieces of pie. Your setting can work harder. Use it to advance plot and enhance tension.<\/p>\n

Setting that Advances Plot<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Without moving your characters to a different city, you want your setting to change in a way that forces\u2014or gives your characters a reason\u2014to take action. To do that, you could present your setting in a new way or use it to emphasize a problem. Or you could emphasize aspects of your setting that had not been realized before.<\/p>\n

For example, let\u2019s say that your story is set in a mountain village, which is initially described as protected and peaceful. But somebody could see it as isolated and trusting\u2014the perfect place for a drug operation. (The setting is seen in a new way, and your hero has to….)<\/p>\n

Then a mountain avalanche sweeps over the young girl, and she needs to be transported to a hospital, which is impossible because the roads are cut off. (The setting emphasizes a problem, and your heroine has to….)<\/p>\n

Finally, gold was discovered in the mountains, and your drug kingpin turns to legitimate work to make his fortune. (Unrealized aspects of the setting are emphasized, and her hero must….)<\/p>\n

Okay it\u2019s a lousy plot idea, but you get my point. Let\u2019s look at a real example of how setting influenced and advanced plot.<\/p>\n

In Gone with the Wind<\/em>, Tara, the plantation, looms constantly as a motivator for action. The opening shot is one of comfort and plenty. Slaves work in the fields; Scarlett flirts with the Tarleton twins. Then all the men leave to fight. The men abandon Tara, so Scarlett does, too\u2014she leaves for Atlanta. She returns mid-war to gain security, but the plantation is ravaged. If she wants to eat, she must work the fields herself. She raises her fist to the sky and vows, \u201cAs God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!\u201d<\/p>\n

After the war, Scarlett can\u2019t pay the taxes on the plantation; the threat of losing it propels her into hoodwinking a rich guy to marry her. Much action ensues. (Let\u2019s not forget that when Scarlett tries to hoodwink Rhett Butler into marrying her, she wears a dress made from curtains. Tara as Project Runway<\/em>!) At the end, when Rhett leaves her, what does Scarlett say she\u2019ll do? Go back to Tara.<\/p>\n

Tara is Scarlett\u2019s touchstone. When something happens to it, Scarlett takes action. This is how your setting can help drive your plot.<\/p>\n

Setting that Enhances Tension<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

When your setting shifts and your character along with it, dramatic tension increases. Let\u2019s look at Rebecca<\/em> by Daphne du Maurier and adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock.<\/p>\n

The first sentence of the book and film is \u201cLast night I dreamt I went to Manderley<\/a> again.\u201d We never learn this person\u2019s name, but Manderley\u2014the house and the book\u2019s setting, gets center stage right from the first.<\/p>\n

After they marry, the young, unsure \u201cI\u201d character comes to believe that her new husband still loves Rebecca, his first dead wife, and doesn\u2019t love \u201cI.\u201d Manderley\u2019s housekeeper\u2014and the house itself\u2014conspire to terrorize the new wife. The house is filled with memories of the first wife\u2014clothing, portraits, stationery, furniture, menu plans\u2014and the young bride comes to believe that her marriage is a failure.<\/p>\n

She is about to commit suicide by leaping from a window when…wait for it…a storm breaks (changed setting!). \u201cI\u201d learns she was wrong about everything. But at the end, instead of finding happiness, the house burns to the ground.<\/p>\n

You can increase tension for your characters and readers through setting by darkening the mood of the story; introducing new, threatening elements; creating mystery; overturning previous character expectations; or demanding immediate action.<\/p>\n

So don\u2019t let Grandpa eat all the pie and hog the couch! Get rid of your static settings and see how a change can increase tension and get your plot\u2014and Grandpa\u2014moving again. It\u2019ll be good for everybody.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kay Keppler (www.kaykeppler.com) is an author (Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/em>, Betting on Hope<\/em>) and editor of fiction and nonfiction (Asylum Harbor, Pragmatic Guide to Sass<\/em>) who lives in northern California. Thanks to Jack M. Bickham and his book Setting<\/em> (Writer\u2019s Digest Books) for help with this column. Contact her here or at kaykeppler@yahoo.com to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n

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