How to write: setting

Setting is another important component in a short story or novel. For some novelists, the setting is almost like another character. Think of Tim Winton and his amazing ability to bring the Western Australian landscape and the sea into his books. When I read Breath I felt permanently wet and cold. 

I love setting my stories in Wales because it's where I love to be, except that it rains too much!

A beautiful setting for a novel or story. Wales again.

We all see and interact with our environment in a unique way. The way you talk about a gum tree will be different from the way I do – and both are fascinating. And if you’re a fantasy writer you have carte blanche to create a world from scratch.