tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post6726330371573398293..comments2024-02-17T17:59:25.010+10:00Comments on Christian Writers Downunder: Building WorldsJeanette O'Haganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-72838300611883210532021-04-27T15:05:23.485+10:002021-04-27T15:05:23.485+10:00Thanks, Jeanette. I loved the sense of place and d...Thanks, Jeanette. I loved the sense of place and descriptions in your Lantern Light. I felt I'd been transported to time and place and the setting was very much part of the story. Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-66127454161364236842021-04-27T10:53:12.324+10:002021-04-27T10:53:12.324+10:00I don't build fantasy worlds - they're jus...I don't build fantasy worlds - they're just not me. I think you've done a great job with yours though, Jenny. Regardless,I feel the setting and its reality are very important to a novel and I love writing about settings. I have to be careful or I use too much description. Although I often choose settings I'm familiar with, I have to research all sorts of odd things - like were there Eskies in 1973, what does a drowned body look like after a few days etc. I enjoy every minute of it.Jeanette Grant-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691677119939194892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-91288251148171658052021-04-26T12:33:52.524+10:002021-04-26T12:33:52.524+10:00Thanks, Mazzy. And thanks for reading and apprecia...Thanks, Mazzy. And thanks for reading and appreciating my books set in Nardva :) <br /><br />I feel said that the carillon bells are gone - though I guess if they're not necessary for plot and character development, they can be safely removed. (Reminds me of Dorothy L Sayers Nine Tailors where bell ringing was integral to the mystery and murder. <br /><br />Even so, you can't please everyone. One of my writer friends wrote an excellent historical novel set in Russia during WW2. A reviewer ripped into her for getting the timeline of the train travel completely wrong, even though my friend had spent hours reading the actual diaries of the actual women. Probably the reviewer wasn't taking into account wartime conditions and delays. Sometimes people think they know more than they do. And of course, you could always invent a fictional Anglican church with bells. <br />Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-51901413304391761642021-04-26T12:23:52.218+10:002021-04-26T12:23:52.218+10:00Fantastic. Glad it helped, Kirsten. And yes, write...Fantastic. Glad it helped, Kirsten. And yes, write it down. Probably doesn't matter so much for book one, but with later books, you'll be glad you keep a record. I had fine building parts of my world in minecraft - and it did help with logistics. All the best with your novel.Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-66928798730706177592021-04-26T08:35:46.920+10:002021-04-26T08:35:46.920+10:00Another excellent craft post, Jenny. Place influen...Another excellent craft post, Jenny. Place influences so much in our writing, whether subtly or overtly or somewhere in between. Even poetry which evokes strong imagery requires a sure foundation in place, whether it's a physical location or a rabbit hole of mind or emotion. <br /><br />Interestingly, I discovered the importance (and power) of place initially through my choice of location for the inciting incident in my novel. Likewise, location strongly influences the conflict in other ways. As contemporary fiction, I found myself walking the tightrope between using real places that can easily be identified by those who know,(or think they know) and not letting that become a distraction. One example arose from my early beta readers: I'd spent time establishing that a particular Anglican Church in Canberra had a carillon - that is, a set of bells in their tower - and that they played those bells at certain times. I even phoned the minister there to determine if, and in what style (tune, or slow peal etc) they played them on Good Fridays. Nevertheless, a beta reader (not someone I knew) declared that the 'only carillon in Canberra was the tower that stood in Lake Burleigh Griffin". Though I knew otherwise, I decided to ditch the church bells rather than create a potential distraction. <br /><br />I loved discovering your world of two moons which you created superbly.Mazzy Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945841786696357456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208627029605402728.post-54519182459587545242021-04-26T08:19:07.603+10:002021-04-26T08:19:07.603+10:00Thank you, Jenny! This is great. World Anvil looks...Thank you, Jenny! This is great. World Anvil looks like it would be worth checking out. Minecraft is also a great idea to get an actual 3D idea of what places look like. I never thought of that. 😊<br />I'm currently reading The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni and she's done an amazing job at world building!<br />I probably haven't done as much as I should world building for my novel, most of it is in my head. Maybe I should start writing these things done, lol. K.A. Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484195910759085281noreply@blogger.com