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Post by writerscandy on Jul 11, 2006 22:16:54 GMT -5
Are you using your hometown or residence for your story location? I know some authors do not, but I think it adds to the story if the author knows a lot about the city in which the story is located. I used Alabama beaches as my location. My dad lives in that area so I am very use to it. I thought about using New Orleans, but I wanted a fresh location.
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Post by Ms.La on Jul 11, 2006 22:24:09 GMT -5
Are you using your hometown or residence for your story location? I know some authors do not, but I think it adds to the story if the author knows a lot about the city in which the story is located. I used Alabama beaches as my location. My dad lives in that area so I am very use to it. I thought about using New Orleans, but I wanted a fresh location. I'm using my hometown, Cincinnati. I would find it hard using some other city or state because since I don't live anywhere else, I don't know anything about the city; landmarks, the hot spots, schools, malls or something simple as what the city is know for. |
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Post by writerscandy on Jul 11, 2006 22:26:03 GMT -5
That is why I don't see how some artist do it. I familar with about five places, because I lived in each one. I don't think my books would every vary from those places.
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Post by Ms.La on Jul 11, 2006 22:56:45 GMT -5
Yea that's what I'm sayin. Now, I might write about a character going to another city or state for a vacation or school trip, usually to a place I've been or want to go to, and have a friend there that tells me about the city.
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Post by writerscandy on Jul 11, 2006 23:09:28 GMT -5
Yeah that is the best way to do it.
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Post by lilmama84 on Jul 12, 2006 22:29:10 GMT -5
Are you using your hometown or residence for your story location? I know some authors do not, but I think it adds to the story if the author knows a lot about the city in which the story is located. I used Alabama beaches as my location. My dad lives in that area so I am very use to it. I thought about using New Orleans, but I wanted a fresh location. |
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Post by Ms.La on Jul 12, 2006 23:37:49 GMT -5
My main locations are Atlanta and New York, But I'm using a few different places. My cities are kinda like characters [/quote]
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Post by creativeone on Jul 15, 2006 11:15:54 GMT -5
I'm using my hometown of Joliet because it's really much easier for me and it gives people a chance to know about a city that they never been to.
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Post by Ms.La on Jul 17, 2006 3:38:40 GMT -5
I'm using my hometown of Joliet because it's really much easier for me and it gives people a chance to know about a city that they never been to. I understand what your saying. I think when the author has it coming from their hometown it gives the reader more of a sense of the surroundings. Also, I think you can describe someplace you've grown up or lived in for a while better then somewhere u didn't. |
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Post by writerscandy on Jul 21, 2006 16:10:02 GMT -5
I'm using my hometown of Joliet because it's really much easier for me and it gives people a chance to know about a city that they never been to. I understand what your saying. I think when the author has it coming from their hometown it gives the reader more of a sense of the surroundings. Also, I think you can describe someplace you've grown up or lived in for a while better then somewhere u didn't. That's true. I have lived in about for places. I am living in New Orleans right now. But I don't know it that well. I can get to a lot of places though. I am great with directions. |
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Post by Ms.La on Jul 21, 2006 17:22:54 GMT -5
I understand what your saying. I think when the author has it coming from their hometown it gives the reader more of a sense of the surroundings. Also, I think you can describe someplace you've grown up or lived in for a while better then somewhere u didn't. That's true. I have lived in about for places. I am living in New Orleans right now. But I don't know it that well. I can get to a lot of places though. I am great with directions. How long have u been living in N.O.? I'm good with directions if the person giving them to me knows how to tell me clearly w/o confusion. |
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Post by writerscandy on Jul 21, 2006 17:25:07 GMT -5
That's true. I have lived in about for places. I am living in New Orleans right now. But I don't know it that well. I can get to a lot of places though. I am great with directions. How long have u been living in N.O.? I'm good with directions if the person giving them to me knows how to tell me clearly w/o confusion. Only a year. I moved here two weeks before Katrina. If I go there once, I pretty much know how to get there from then on. |
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Post by Ms.La on Jul 22, 2006 6:51:41 GMT -5
Oh okay, wow that's deep, so how does it look down there now?
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Post by writerscandy on Jul 22, 2006 13:42:22 GMT -5
It looks like trash, like it did before. They are now trying to clean it up.
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Post by Ms.La on Jul 22, 2006 15:42:23 GMT -5
It looks like trash, like it did before. They are now trying to clean it up. I thought it would. See, this is why I have issues with the gov. and media in general. Do u see them filming down there on how it still looks like trash when it's going on a year after the hurricane hit? Do u see the it being shown in the media 24/7, 365 days a year? Nope  |
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