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Month: April 2014

Create a Vivid Setting in 7 Steps

Posted on April 20, 2014 by steve

A vivid setting makes your fiction more believable. It can also build the mood of your story, creating, mystery, suspense and even conflict. You can create vivid settings with some hard work and diligent attention to detail. Let’s try building a memorable setting ourselves. We’ll start with a simple setting and see if we can bring…

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