“The Secret of Instant Settings when you Write A Novel! --An Expert's Step-by-Step Guide”
Here's the Secret to Creating Pefect Settings when you Write Your Novel!
I’m all for making your writing as simple and as fast as possible. But it still has to be the most powerful kind of writing you can possibly create. That’s why I’m so excited about this new technique I’ve just uncovered that makes describing any scene, whether you’ve actually been there or not, a snap. Your scene virtually materializes on your page with little or no effort on your part. All you’ve got to do is realize that every scene you could possible think of has already been heavily researched, authenticated and prepared for you to use in your book.
Take a look at any movie. There’s a setting. Every movie has to happen somewhere, in fact those are the very first words a screen writer puts on the page when he or she begins her job. Then millions of dollars are spent, finding or creating just that kind of setting.
All you’ve got to do is take a look at the movie, and then describe the setting. Want a Bolivian town? Take a look at the last few minutes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. A stockbrocker’s office? How about In Pursuit of Happyness. Or scrublands? Just about any Clint Eastwood western. Inside a nuclear submarine? How about Hunt for Red October. The list is endless.
Stop looking at movies for just their plot (although that’s another topic for discussion) and start looking at the settings that movie producers spend millions of dollars to create. Watch each movie with a pen and pad and make a note of the settings that are used for each scene. They’ve got unbelievable detail. And you can use that same detail in your writing.
You can even combine or make a slight twist to give something you’ve never seen before. Want a planet in far off galaxy? No problem. Describe any scene at all and then put two suns in the sky. We’re not in Kansas anymore. Heck, we’re not even in the same solar system.
Stop at garage sales and buy those movies that no one wants. They’ve all got scenes. And they’ve all got massive amounts of settings for your novels.
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Hey, maybe you’ve already got the best selling plot for your book (you got it instantly with my writing program information), but you want to put that story in a different setting. Pick up just one movie and use it only for setting. Now you just put your bestselling plot in the setting you so quickly and effortlessly create.
Do you see how incredibly powerful this technique is? So often I get calls from students who want to create a novel, and they have the story, but they’ve never been to Amsterdam, or Monaco or Rome.
Well, there are enough movies out there to eradicate this problem forever. You’ll be hearing readers compliment you on the accuracy of your settings, “How long did you spend in that city to get the incredible authenticity of the place?”
Movies are just a nice diversion, they’re an essential tool for the writer who wants to write dozens of books with outstanding accuracy and never leave the comfort of their office or home.
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