The Importance of Setting within Storytelling

Writing Craft
2018
Featuring Christine Carbo, Con Lehane, Gigi Pandian, James Anderson, Lisa Unger, Steph Cha

This audio session is available to KNU members.

Explore Membership Options

ABOUT THIS SESSION

Does setting inspire the story, or does the story determine the setting? In this session, authors discuss how they develop the worlds of their novels, whether location or plot comes first in their creative process, and the role setting plays in shaping character, atmosphere, and narrative.

MORE LIKE THIS


How Writers Accidentally Ruin a Mystery
Jack Wolff, TG Wolff
2025
Writing Women Who Wear the Badge
Allison Brennan, Deborah Crombie, John Billheimer, Karin Salvalaggio, Kendra Elliot, Naomi Hirahara
2014
How Police Really Work on the Street
James L’Etoile, Jeffrey James Higgins, Paul James Smith
2022
Writing Violence That Matters
E.A. Aymar, Melinda Leigh, Sheila Redling, Taylor Stevens, Thomas Pluck, Zoe Sharp
2016
Writing Intimate Scenes That Feel Real
D. Alan Lewis, Michael A Black, Nicole Nelson Hicks, Philip Cioffari, Steven Womack
2011
Writing International Thrillers
Barry Lancet, Chris Pavone, Jake Needham, Lisa Brackmann
2016
How Birth Order Affects Your Characters
No Presenter
2010
Women Who Thrill
Joe Clifford, Lara Dearman, Lori Roy, Meg Gardner
2018