tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073104.post115452539820355478..comments2023-11-05T06:47:12.527-06:00Comments on Tami Parrington's Written Musings: Place SettingsTami Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254839673811955144noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073104.post-1154773683125290932006-08-05T04:28:00.000-06:002006-08-05T04:28:00.000-06:00My place settings are a bit "visual". I don't just...My place settings are a bit "visual". I don't just CREATE settings and places for the characeters to live in ("cardboard cutouts" as the old term goes)--while hoping for the best--I found out early on that LIVING in the world I've created gives everything a bit more flavor and solidity. (Okay...that should've read "substance". But it's late and I'm getting tired. :0P )<BR/><BR/>From there, the characters are created out of the ether, but their traits and characteristics aren't "cut out" either and dumped into one spot on the table. (And sat: "Please arrange everything into a nice neat person the way you found it--using everything you see before you.")<BR/><BR/>No, everything is spaced out--building the character over time--so that the reader can get a firm grip on what that person is.<BR/><BR/>Place settings are also done the same way. And if there are interactions...? Well, let's just say that it takes some creative mastery to make everything come together.<BR/><BR/>But usually after the third try.Isis McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343151637221064686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073104.post-1154527370114287862006-08-02T08:02:00.000-06:002006-08-02T08:02:00.000-06:00LMAO at make him sneeze. I suppose I am lumping se...LMAO at make him sneeze. I suppose I am lumping setting and atmosphere into the same lump of clay when they really are two seperate things.Tami Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254839673811955144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073104.post-1154527063263307262006-08-02T07:57:00.000-06:002006-08-02T07:57:00.000-06:00The beauty of this example is that there is action...The beauty of this example is that there is action throughout. It is not static.<BR/>Yet I find it more setting than atmosphere.<BR/>Make him sneeze...Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.com