Placing a character in scene is sometimes boring. Same old house, middle-class street, skyscrapers, foreign tourist trap.
Wait. There are some amazing places around the world that should be mentioned if your character stumbles by them amidst the meanderings of the plot. They will truly be considered insider knowledge by your reader and they’ll talk about your book for the scene that occurred here.
Check these out. BTW–I got this slideshow from my friend Paul who doesn’t have a website or a blog to credit. He is, though, a member of my writer’s group. Great guy, should you chance to meet him:
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com and TeachHUB, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, Cisco guest blog,Technology in Education featured blogger, IMS tech expert, and a bi-monthly contributor to Today’s Author. In her free time, she is the editor of a K-8 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum, and creator of technology training books for how to integrate technology in education. Currently, she’s editing a thriller that should be out to publishers next summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.
As an ardent fan of magical realism – and the limitless borders of the imagination – these are wonderful sources of inspiration. Thank you.
By: Megan Frances/Abrahams on December 16, 2010
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Aren’t they, though? I’m so glad you enjoy them. We would be remiss as writers if our characters visited one of these cities and didn’t mention the amazing sculpture contained within. Thanks for stopping by.
By: WordDreams on December 17, 2010
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