tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post2076464553850438906..comments2024-01-15T09:38:41.593+00:00Comments on Stories from The Edge: Location Location LocationEdge Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17472330166263235360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-54743479286566372782011-08-25T14:45:07.176+01:002011-08-25T14:45:07.176+01:00I've come around to the idea of location - in ...I've come around to the idea of location - in my earliest writing the location was always very sketchy - Anytown, Anywhere. But I've found it's really helpful to have a real place to use as a jumping-off point, you can then embroider it as necessary for the needs of the narrative. Google Street Map is amazing - as a reluctant traveller it's really changed the way I conceptualise my characters' environment and helped me to check stuff without always having to rely on my memory of a place.Nick Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571077124165351007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-59579368742301541772011-08-22T14:28:46.446+01:002011-08-22T14:28:46.446+01:00A great post, Katie, and so central to any story. ...A great post, Katie, and so central to any story. A long time ago I wrote an epic fantasy trilogy and had the most amazing time making up the world my characters inhabited! The Long Weekend is a very different book to the fantasy, but although there is no definite sense of where exactly the book is set and the location is very much part of the background, I hope the reader sees and feels the woods and the dark mansion. My current 'work in progress' has a more exotic location...Savita Kalhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977368691995933130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-48512730549147714042011-08-21T21:39:54.167+01:002011-08-21T21:39:54.167+01:00This is such an interesting topic. Using a locati...This is such an interesting topic. Using a location as another character in a story can really add another layer to the story. I'm thinking of how Hardy used 'Wessex' in his novels, especially in The Return of the Native where the landscape and how the different characters interacted with it, spoke volumes about them. I aspired to create a real sense of place in my book, Celia Frost. I wanted The Bluebell Estate to be a menacing, oppressive character and in contrast, create another place that was beautiful, untamed and freeing- able to reflect and affect how the character was feeling and changing.Paula Rawsthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111751819969220668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-21388789847825707452011-08-20T15:42:24.410+01:002011-08-20T15:42:24.410+01:00Lovely post Katie and one of my fave subjects. I h...Lovely post Katie and one of my fave subjects. I have two locations I revisit - one of them is the sea and of course Hayling Island features in Hidden and the next two books. But I have also set a short story on the east coast of England and I am currently working on a setting around Lyme Regis. However, my other favourite location is the inner city. I've never yet set a book in an imaginary location. That would be fun!Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935448538608020877noreply@blogger.com