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FrickingKaos:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 24, 2021, 07:38:43 PM ---Let's talk about settings!
How do you decide on the setting of your story?
I don't really decide ahead of time it just kind of happens so it depends on my mood really.
Do you set your stories in real places or create your own settings?
I often use places that exist already.
Do you tend to set your stories in places you've been (or base fictional settings on real places you're familiar with)? If not, do you do any research to help yourself write an unfamiliar setting more realistically?
When I wrote Finding Carter I'd never been to Disney World so I had to do a lot of research on Disney and Orlando so I bought a travel guide from 1999 so any landmarks were historically accurate and actually in the park at the time. I had also never been to college so most of the college stuff I made up. I'd never been to Kentucky either, still haven't. So a lot is relied on Google and other research.
Have you ever traveled to research for a story?
No. But I do tend to either write about places I've been to or that I can easily look up information on.
What has been your favorite setting to write about?
I tend to write about NYC a lot but only because I've been there so many times. It's just a great place to write about because it's got so much to it. There's always something to explore with NYC.
I have also written about Florida quite a bit, I've been there a few times too.
Where would you like to set a future story?
I don't really have any ideas in mind. I've done a lot of different things.
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nicksgal:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on February 25, 2021, 08:35:24 PM ---When I wrote Finding Carter I'd never been to Disney World so I had to do a lot of research on Disney and Orlando so I bought a travel guide from 1999 so any landmarks were historically accurate and actually in the park at the time. I had also never been to college so most of the college stuff I made up. I'd never been to Kentucky either, still haven't. So a lot is relied on Google and other research.
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I love that you bought a 1999 travel guide to make sure it was all accurate. That's attention to detail!
FrickingKaos:
Also for that story, I looked up what songs were on the radio and what movies were in the movie theaters at the time of the story too. I like to be accurate when it comes to things like that. When you read If I Knew Then there was a timeline of things I followed so that everything that BSB did in the story matches what they actually did in the tour during 1998.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on February 25, 2021, 08:52:52 PM ---Also for that story, I looked up what songs were on the radio and what movies were in the movie theaters at the time of the story too. I like to be accurate when it comes to things like that. When you read If I Knew Then there was a timeline of things I followed so that everything that BSB did in the story matches what they actually did in the tour during 1998.
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I love that attention to detail! That's what makes it feel like a fun blast from the past.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on February 25, 2021, 08:52:52 PM ---Also for that story, I looked up what songs were on the radio and what movies were in the movie theaters at the time of the story too.
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Great attention to detail! I did that for my holiday story too. Figured it's a little thing that is easy to be accurate about with the internet to help. :) A tiny bit of accuracy goes a long way!
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