Creative Writing Introduction – Session 3 – Page 2

2. Setting the Scene

The setting will play an important part in your story:

• Importance of setting
  • It gives your characters a place to act and react.
• The Problem
  • Your reader has not been to where your writing takes place.
• The Solution
  • Describe the setting and transport your reader.

So, here are some questions to think about regarding your setting:

• What does the setting look like?
• What does it sound like?
• What are the colours?
• What is in front of your characters?
• What are the textures?
• What time of day/year is it?

Now before we go any further forward, have a go at describing the setting in a few sentences.