“Setting says something about character, says Rhodes,” in “Location Location” by Elfrieda Abbe, October 2013 issue of The Writer magazine. David Rhodes, author of Driftless <\/i>and Jewelweed<\/i>, goes on to say, “A person walking along an empty beach is thinking deeply. . . If a couple sits at a high place overlooking an open valley, they are in love and the future of that love extends before them. A character running through the forest is happy; one lying down is sick or sad. These associations are not hard-fixed symbols, but rather associative colorings that come to life in that split second between emergent images and first thoughts. In stories, such descriptive asides can be used to add depth to the passions and to suggest both strong and ambiguous states of mind.”<\/p>\n
Prompt:<\/b>\u00a0 Put yourself, or your fictional character, in a emotional frame of mind. Write, using physical location and action to describe character’s emotional state.\u00a0 Don’t tell us what his or her emotion is. Write a descriptive scene.\u00a0 Commentators:\u00a0 What emotion do you think writer wants to convey?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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