Tag Archives: setting

Enhance Your Setting Descriptions

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Linda W. Yezak

Don’t you love this condo? I picked this out for Patricia Talbert’s parents in Ride to the Altar. It’s in a modern building on Park Avenue. Bet you already know how I found it. I went searching through New York real estate sites. … Continue reading →

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Setting Description Techniques

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Linda W. Yezak

Margo entered the restaurant and searched for her sister and niece in the noon crowd. Plastic molded tables were filled with teenagers, mothers, and blue-collar workers chatting over food baskets. Above the cash register, a bright sign presented the menu … Continue reading →

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Early Lessons from The Black Dahlia

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Linda W. Yezak

Back in January of 2010, I made a New Year’s resolution some of you may remember: to read every book Donald Maass used as an example in his The Fire in Fiction. All this time, and I’m just now hitting chapter … Continue reading →

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Setting Description and Tone

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Linda W. Yezak

At the beginning of your story, where is your character? What is she doing? What is going to happen to her? Questions one and two pertain to setting, question three pertains to tone, and presentation of both can go hand … Continue reading →

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