Thursday 10 November 2011

Checklist for "Setting"


Is the setting appropriate? Authentic?
Does it work in synergy with character and plot?
Have you given the setting gradually, together with the characters and action? Or have you dumped it in one chunk in the beginning or middle? If the latter, is it slowing down the pace.
Have you used  setting imaginatively  for special effects: foreshadowing, mood expression,  good imagery, change of pace?
Have you chosen the right place to expand and compress time?
Are your descriptions showing rather than telling ie, using all five senses?
Are your descriptions specific?  
Are  you using telling details?
Do the  descriptions reflect the consciousness of your POV character/ characters?
Are you using figurative language  such as metaphors, similies, alliteration, synesthesia, onomatopoeia  etc,  well?

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