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Monday 27 April 2015

Tips In Writing Novels Set On An Unfamiliar Place

By Alta Alexander


One of the most favorite recreation by a lot of people across different ages is reading. May it be fiction or non fiction, there is something about the activity that edifies the mind and helps us relax. Good thing about reading is the variety of selection that you have. There are many areas or genres that you will surely love.

With the high demand of quality books in the market, it is easy to see why there is almost an unlimited supply of the latest releases. For authors, creating something that the public will like remains a big challenge. Novels set on Pacific Coast Highway is among those things that is proving to be a challenge to those who arent familiar with the place.

Now that you can easily go online, finding different resource materials for this has been made easier. There are a lot of special articles and blog posts available that gear to provide writers with some tools that they can use for their works. If you are stuck on a work and do not know how to proceed with describing a place, then here are some basic tips you can use.

Read as many relevant materials as you can about the place. This is the most basic thing that you can do without going anywhere. All you have to do is to go online and search for the information about the specific place that you are working. This will at least give you an overview on what it looks like.

Visit the site. After you get its basic information, your next option would be to go there. Even if you have perfectly memorized the details of a site by simple reading, its a whole new different experience if you get the chance to walk on the real streets and see all those things that are described online. If you are writing about a character treading the road you are taking, at least you know how it actually feels to be there.

Get to know some of the people who live there. You might be surprised by the amount of information you will get by simply talking to people. Locals have been staying there for long and if you are looking for authentic stories about something, they can be your best sources.

Check its historical significance and most notable areas. Any site, no matter how remote, has its own story to tell. Some of these things can be found online. And then there are those which you will only see and understand once you take time to visit the place.

Observe the surroundings. There is a lot more things you can see if you only observe. Observing is different from just seeing something. It means taking in the details of something, reading between the lines and even adding a degree of interpretation from those which you do not directly understand.

Writing is not easy. But whether you are doing it for business or for self expression, crafting a good one is always a good choice. Get a feel of the setting by knowing what you can about it.




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