Tip#5 Setting part 2

Last week I talked about the setting of the overall book. This week I will discuss establishing setting from chapter to chapter. This is much more complicated to perform correctly if you don’t know what you are doing. Starting the story, you should set up the world the story takes place in, but each time the setting goes through a massive change it should be brought to attention. IF you are in a crowded room and you move to the streets of a city, if it’s your first time being there you should describe what the area is like. If where you start the chapter is different from where the previous chapter left off your writing should reflect that. Once you set up a location you don’t need to describe it in such vivid detail again. There is a delicate balance of telling the reader too much and too little about the area. Too much and it will overwhelm the reader. On the other hand, too little and the reader will be confused as to where the story is. The only real way to figure out what is a good balance is to write and get feedback. The more people that give feedback the better. The only way to find out what works is to keep trying and seeing what sticks. Without a proper description the readers will be lost and that will detract from the overall quality. You need to remember that while you have the entire setting built in your mind the readers are relying on you to describe it to them. You never want your readers to be confused as to what is going on. There is a difference between mystery and not giving enough information to understand what is going on. That is all for this week I hope you found this informative.