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The Urban Setting Thesaurus A Writer’s Guide to City Spaces

✍ Scribed by Angela Ackerman; Becca Puglisi


Publisher
Angela Ackerman;Smashwords Edition
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Weight
409 KB
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis


Making readers care and feel like they're part of the story should be the number one goal of all writers. Ironically, many storytellers fail to maximize one of fiction's most powerful elements to achieve this: the setting. Rather than being a simple backdrop against which events unfold, every location has the potential to become a conduit for conveying emotion, characterizing the cast, providing opportunities for deep point of view, and revealing significant backstory.Inside The Urban Setting Thesaurus, you'll find:

  • A list of the sights, smells, tastes, textures, and sounds for over 120 urban settings
  • Possible sources of conflict for each location to help you brainstorm ways to naturally complicate matters for your characters
  • Advice on how to make every piece of description count so you can maintain the right pace and keep readers engaged
  • Tips on utilizing the five senses to encourage readers to more fully experience each moment by triggering their own emotional...

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