A setting is literally the thing that sets the scene for your characters, and normally, the setting is what can sometimes be the stage, so to speak, for your characters actions. We cannot Imagine a character on a blank page, so we must describe their surroundings to make the reader feel as though they are involved in what's taking place in the book. In Part I, we will be looking at how to describe a rural or a countryside setting. (If you'd like to see help on any different type, please comment below.) Here are a few ways that will help you describe your rural setting. Know What You're Talking About -- To be a good descriptive writer, you must know what you're talking about. It's no good describing what the country is like if you've never even been there. Granted, that isn't always physically possible, but there are other ways we can 'visit' the countryside. First, we can read up about places we'd like to visit. Second, we can watch videos set somewhere like what we want to write about. Finally, we talk to other people who HAVE been to these places, as there's nothing like first hand knowledge! Magpie-ing Ideas Isn't Always A Bad Thing -- I had a literacy teacher who always used to tell us to Magpie, Magpie, Magpie. If you don't know what I'm on about, here's the origin; Magpies are birds that had a habit of pinching anything that took their fancy. Normally, they'd keep it for a while, and then discard of it, interested in some new gem they discovered. And that's what we can do. If we read a sentence (possibly when we're doing number 1 (see above) and reading up about the place we want to write about) there's nothing wrong in pinching that sentence, as long as no paragraphs are taken out. For example: an advertising brochure might say this about a rural town, The quiet, picturesque town of Lona is perfectly placed between the rugged hills of the Lake District and the quaint villages of Granger. Now, if it put this into my book, describing the setting, I'd say this: Mia found Lona to be a quiet, picturesque town that was conveniently placed between the rugged hills of the Lake District and the quaint villages of Granger. Thank you for reading, let me know if you found this helpful by commenting the smiley face emoji ( :-) , or the sad face if not :-( . All content is mine, and no copyright infringement has taken place during this discussion. Thank you once again for taking the time to read. I am watching the Poll on the Home Screen of Help for Writers, and more discussions are coming soon ;-) .
Know What You're Talking About -- To be a good descriptive writer, you must know what you're talking about. It's no good describing what the country is like if you've never even been there. Granted, that isn't always physically possible, but there are other ways we can 'visit' the countryside. First, we can read up about places we'd like to visit. Second, we can watch videos set somewhere like what we want to write about. Finally, we talk to other people who HAVE been to these places, as there's nothing like first hand knowledge!
Magpie-ing Ideas Isn't Always A Bad Thing -- I had a literacy teacher who always used to tell us to Magpie, Magpie, Magpie. If you don't know what I'm on about, here's the origin; Magpies are birds that had a habit of pinching anything that took their fancy. Normally, they'd keep it for a while, and then discard of it, interested in some new gem they discovered. And that's what we can do. If we read a sentence (possibly when we're doing number 1 (see above) and reading up about the place we want to write about) there's nothing wrong in pinching that sentence, as long as no paragraphs are taken out. For example: an advertising brochure might say this about a rural town, The quiet, picturesque town of Lona is perfectly placed between the rugged hills of the Lake District and the quaint villages of Granger. Now, if it put this into my book, describing the setting, I'd say this: Mia found Lona to be a quiet, picturesque town that was conveniently placed between the rugged hills of the Lake District and the quaint villages of Granger.
Thank you for reading, let me know if you found this helpful by commenting the smiley face emoji ( :-) , or the sad face if not :-( . All content is mine, and no copyright infringement has taken place during this discussion. Thank you once again for taking the time to read. I am watching the Poll on the Home Screen of Help for Writers, and more discussions are coming soon ;-) .