Setting

Setting is a window to the mind. Writers describe settings by using not only their own imagination but through their memory and their knowledge of certain places. One could easily describe a setting with a vague description that leaves the creativity up to the reader, but it is such a better and more entertaining story for the writer and the reader if the setting is described accurately and in such a way that the reader can almost picture the scene within perfectly. The way that a writer perceives their own world and those around them is unique to them and them alone. No one else is going to see the world the exact same way. That’s why it is so important to use details and names as much as possible to get the point across in the hopes that the reader will be able to get as close as possible to see what the writer is trying to convey. Setting can be completely different with just one word being changed. It can captivate the mind of the reader as they’re thrown into a world that they never would begin to imagine. It is important, and it is more than just a place to be set in the background of an entire plot.