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Settings Writing Place as Character Without Turning It Into a Travelogue

Author Rebecca Gould Baeurle explores the act of writing place as character without turning your story into a travelogue.

Rebecca Gould Baeurle

Settings Finding the Story Within the Walls of a House Sharon Virts

Write Better Nonfiction How Buildings and Public Spaces Tell the Story: Writing Place as Character in Nonfiction Roger Carlton

Character The House as Character Jennifer Sklias-Gahan

Settings The Stories Inside Your Setting Brad Barkley

Settings The Perils and Pleasures of Writing a Novel Set in My Hometown Claire Fuller

Settings How to Write a Summer-Set Novel (Even When It’s Winter)Sarra Manning

Settings Writing the City as a Character Evan Marks

Mystery/Thriller Why Readers Are Gravitating Toward Sun-Drenched Thrillers and Darker Beach Reads H.Y. Hanna

Travel Writing The Setting as a Character Willa Goodfellow

Character How to Use Multiple Point of View Characters to Create a Fully Developed Historical Setting Shelley Noble

Settings Using Setting to Create Conflict in Fiction Tanya Grant

Settings 5 Tips for Nailing a Southern Setting Grace Helena Walz

Settings 4 Tips for Turning Unexpected Settings Into Horrific Playgrounds Philip Fracassi

Settings Dark Corners: 4 Strategies for Developing Horror Settings Kailee Pedersen

Writing Techniques Where I’m Writing From: How Experience Shapes Everything in Fiction James Wade

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