What characters do in a place tells us a lot about their personality. A change of setting, too, can reveal an important moment of change in a character’s life: See more

The places where characters spend much of their time reveal much, too. A home or a favourite restaurant, for example, may reveal characters’ connections, passions, and more:… See more

Many powerful setting description examples create suspense or a sense of urgency. Take for example the following from Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees(1990):… See more

A detailed description of a setting also helps to establish tone and mood. Is the world your characters inhabit brimming with life and joy or a desolate wasteland? Is it a claustropho… See more