setting
Exploring the Isolation of the British Countryside
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There is a magnificent bit in a Sherlock Holmes story, whichโsubconsciously in the beginning, I guess โ gave me the inspiration for my first detective novel, Death Under a…
What Makes a Forest Such a Seductive Setting for Fiction?
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The woods have been a popular setting in literature for centuries, from the Grimm Brothers to todayโs bestsellers, but what makes a forest such a seductive setting for fiction?…
Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writerโs Dilemma
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Every story has to start somewhere. And be somewhere. Take Dennis Lehaneโs 2003 novel, Mystic River. Its setting is so pivotal to the plot that you can find it…
(Un)Safe Harbor: Thrillers Set in Remote Island Locations
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I have spent a lot of summer weekends on an island in Lake Huronโs Georgian Bay. Itโs a beautiful, wild, windswept place that can, as Gull Island does in…