Place: Another character in your work
One member of Jane Friedman’s writing group asks so consistently about the settings in others’ works that it prompted a revelation.
Friedman has begun, in her own writing, to “take the setting more seriously as a character in and of itself.”
And she’s not the only author to remark upon the importance of place in fiction.
Friedman recommends that authors, especially novice ones, check out fellow writer Marian Grotty’s thoughts and advice on the topic.