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| Jun 18, 2015 at 17:45 | comment | added | user5645 | @ChrisSunami Excellent addition (and worthy of its own answer). I often search for photos or (in the case of imaginary landscapes or objects) for drawings or movie stills to better visualize what I'm writing about. Sometimes I make a quick rough sketch or draw a floor plan or even create a 3D model, if it helps me. | |
| Jun 18, 2015 at 13:58 | comment | added | Chris Sunami | I was going to add this as a separate answer, but it's really just an addendum to yours: Apparently (according to Delany) the great SF writer Theodore Sturgeon recommended planning out all the minute details of any setting used in your book, but writing only about those that the characters actually notice. The basic idea is that knowing the rich details of your setting is important, even if those details don't all make it into the actual story. | |
| Jun 17, 2015 at 17:17 | history | edited | user5645 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 27, 2014 at 8:43 | vote | accept | Michael Stum | ||
| May 24, 2014 at 11:54 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | Excellent; very well put. Great examples. | |
| May 24, 2014 at 8:54 | history | answered | user5645 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |