Tag: Setting in Books

• Let’s Write – The Structural Edit: Plot & Setting

  

  We kicked off this series about the basics of self-editing in last week’s post. For the next few weeks, we’ll discuss the first step of self-editing, the structural edit. Structural or developmental editing is the phase of the editing process where we focus on the individual elements of our stories and ensure that each fits…

  Yolandie Horak

  April 7, 2025

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• Let’s Talk About Setting

  

  Have you noticed how an increasing number of authors are breaking away from the Eurocentric worlds associated with speculative fiction? It has been super refreshing to read mainstream books set in magical, faraway places that are totally different than what we’ve grown used to. But now I question why I automatically default to those pseudo-European…

  Yolandie Horak

  June 12, 2023

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