How do you write a book set in another country?
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How do you write a book set in another country?
7 Research and Writing Tips for Setting a Book in Another Country
- Visit the country if you can. It’s a great excuse to travel.
- Speak with natives.
- Google it.
- Speak with travel agents.
- Write your story.
- Use details to invite your reader to the country.
- Online Course: Description and Setting.
How do you write about a city you’ve never been to?
Tips for Researching a Place You’ve Never Been
- Look up local language differences.
- Use Google Street View to take yourself there.
- Check out Flickr for photographs of your location.
- Conduct email interviews.
- Read municipal, provincial, and federal government websites.
- Watch movies or read books set in the same location.
Where should I set my story?
Physical location: A character’s immediate surroundings, like a room or a temple, can be important information to highlight. Physical environment: A story can be set in the natural world where characters are affected by weather conditions, climate, and other forces of nature.
Where should you set your novels?
Sometimes it’s better to make up your own fictional city set in the general region you wish to write about. For example, having lived the majority of my life in northern Ontario, I could safely set my novel in a fictional town anywhere in Canada, with the help of a little research.
What author has never been to the setting of her book?
An Author Who’s Never Been to Her Novel’s Setting. Author Stef Penney wrote her novel The Tenderness of Wolves, which is set in northern Ontario, never having been there. The title was named Costa Book of the Year, but one native Ontarian reader told The Sunday Times:
Is it better to write about places you’ve never been?
Though the average person wouldn’t be able to pick up on small inaccuracies in research, there’s always someone who will (and will point it out). When writing about a place to which you’ve never been, the advantage you have over a historical writer is that—when all’s said and done—you can go to that place.