Description & Setting

Description & Setting Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Believable World of People, Places, and Events - Write Great Fiction

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Build a Believable World

How essential is setting to a story? How much description is too much? In what ways do details and setting tie into plot and character development? How can you use setting and description to add depth to your story?

You can find all the answers you need in Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting by author and instructor Ron Rozelle. This nuts-and-bolts guide - complete with practical exercises at the end of each chapter - gives you all the tips and techniques you need to:

  • Establish a realistic sense of time and place
  • Use description and setting to drive your story
  • Craft effective description and setting for different genres
  • Skillfully master showing vs. telling
With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting gives you all the information you need to create a sharp and believable world of people, places, events, and actions.

Book information

ISBN: 9781582973272
Publisher: F+W Media Inc
Imprint: Writer's Digest Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 808.392
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 212
Weight: 244g
Height: 228mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 16mm