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Page Text: 3 Tips for Picking the Perfect Setting for Your Novel Setting is an important piece to any story—it can reveal things about your characters, inspire readers to explore, and not to mention, it's a fun part of the writing process. Author Sarah Echavarre Smith offers 3 tips for picking the perfect setting.

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Settings A Fabled Kingdom: Why Readers Love a Southern Setting in Fiction Fear Factor: How Embedding in Extreme Environments Can Lead to Compelling Fiction Research and Storytelling for Successful Historical Fiction 3 Things I Learned About Writing From Reading L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Using Too Much Exposition (Too Early) What Is a Split-time Novel and Why Do Readers Love Them? Quite the Character: Writing New York in My Novels 3 Things to Learn About Writing From Reading The Comfort of Strangers 4 Tips on Research for Writing Novels and Stories Beyond Getting the Facts Right 3 Tips for Picking the Perfect Setting for Your Novel The Transformative Power of Writing Dialect 4 Tips for Setting a Novel in a Place You Don’t Know Well Writing Multiple Timelines and Points of View Beyond the Five Senses: Six Powerful Tricks to Enhance a Sense of Place Learn Better World-Building Strategies Through World of Warcraft and the New Shadowlands Expansion The New Greek Mythology and Writing Retellings Why I Write Jewish Historical Fiction Writing Strong Settings: Writing Prompts for Socially-Isolated Authors 5 Thoughts on How to Use Place to Move Your Story Forward 5 Tips for Building a House or Setting That Comes Alive for Readers Location, Location, Location: Discovering the Perfect Place for Writing Your Novel World-Building Tips from the Masters Old and New: Merging Memory and Research in New Zealand 8 Best Settings in Literature for Writers 

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