“How does your setting make people feel? That is the key, not how a place looks but its psychological effect on the characters.”
— Donald Maass
{Want to play a little with place in your notebook? Check out this idea on Ruth Ayres Writes.}
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This came at a good time! I just introduced the idea of setting to my kindergarten students on Friday, we are in the midst of identifying story elements. I like the idea of thinking about the feeling a setting evokes.
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Oooo. I really love this, and it does make me feel like experimenting right away! (I realized during my last SOL post that I really wanted more tools for weaving setting into my piece for effect. Need to find me some mentors…)
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