Comments on: Starting With Setting https://booksbywomen.org/starting-with-setting/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Diane B Byington https://booksbywomen.org/starting-with-setting/#comment-74276 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:07:16 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=34122#comment-74276 Thanks for an intriguing article. I can see the appeal of starting with setting, and your book is wonderful in that regard. I think I start with an idea of plot and then move quickly to setting–where would be the best place for that idea to take form? Best wishes on the book.

]]> By: Amy Keeley https://booksbywomen.org/starting-with-setting/#comment-74225 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 01:10:00 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=34122#comment-74225 I’ve always started working on my novels by writing a sentence summary of the plot, then alternating between character development and plot structure.

This meant that I tended to discover a lot of basic things about the world that led to massive changes during the rewrite.

My system now is to build the basics of the world/setting even before I write the story’s summary sentence. Though I haven’t yet finished a first draft using this new system, writing has become a lot more fun and I’m more confident in what I’m creating.

So thank you for posting on this too-often negelected aspect of writing. The more said about its importance, the better.

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