Curve of the Land - Karen Kao
Setting is a basic building block for any kind of writing. It doesn’t matter whether it’s fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry or drama. There are lots of definitions of setting but I like the Wikipedia version the best: The setting is both the time and geographic location within a narrative or within a work of fiction . [It] helps initiate the main backdrop and mood for a story. Setting has been referred to as story world [1] or milieu to include a context (especially society ) beyond the immediate surroundings of the story. Elements of setting may include culture , historical period , geography , and hour . Along with the plot , character , theme , and style , setting is considered one of the fundamental components of fiction . [2] Water Lilies by Claude Monet. Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access initiative) But sometimes setting can be even more than that. It can rise to the level of a character, the star, the reason why this work was writte...