The Importance of Setting within Storytelling

Categories: Craft | Setting

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.

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