tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post8234404000772402060..comments2024-02-22T04:01:38.373-08:00Comments on ☆~☆~ Martha Ramirez ~☆~☆ Writer Unleashed: Creating Settings in NovelsMart Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492840883926331053noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-40086484739261402302011-10-27T16:23:04.090-07:002011-10-27T16:23:04.090-07:00Gail no worries lol. We are all guilty.Gail no worries lol. We are all guilty.Mart Ramirezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492840883926331053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-82917171559749358472011-10-27T16:17:24.492-07:002011-10-27T16:17:24.492-07:00Oh my god, I have kitchen scenes in my current WIP...Oh my god, I have kitchen scenes in my current WIP! Must rid myself of these clunkers. Thank you.Gail Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998497900316232330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-376021891999746152011-10-18T10:49:11.428-07:002011-10-18T10:49:11.428-07:00Thank you, Matthew!Thank you, Matthew!Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-23430164511826945272011-10-18T05:14:43.447-07:002011-10-18T05:14:43.447-07:00Sorry you missed the blogfest, but I stopped by to...Sorry you missed the blogfest, but I stopped by to follow your blog anyway. You could always visit the blogs on the list and introduce yourself.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-29756444968151942952011-10-17T19:54:35.904-07:002011-10-17T19:54:35.904-07:00Lol Laura. I know it:)It's easy to do.Lol Laura. I know it:)It's easy to do.Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-66005612587805756562011-10-17T19:48:37.097-07:002011-10-17T19:48:37.097-07:00It's so true! Out of all the wonderful places ...It's so true! Out of all the wonderful places to set a book and we go to the kitchen. Though I do have one of those but it's not the opening scene! Maybe I'll have to relook at that. :)Laura Paulinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503090226508079501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-10099159214660582652011-10-16T17:04:21.350-07:002011-10-16T17:04:21.350-07:00What a GREAT tip, Angela! Thank you!! I will def b...What a GREAT tip, Angela! Thank you!! I will def be using that whe I plot the next project.Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-34830426181432226142011-10-16T15:11:11.811-07:002011-10-16T15:11:11.811-07:00Thanks so much for the mention--I am so happy to k...Thanks so much for the mention--I am so happy to know our site continues to help. For me, when I determine a setting for a scene, I look at what my emotional goal is for the scene and then think about what place in the character's world will create the most tension to fit the scene. If the goal is to make my character feel self conscious & unsure of herself, I put her on display by using a high school hallway as the backdrop for the action. If I need her to be afraid, I find a place that throws her off her game--a dark country road at night, a row of abandoned warehouses or maybe a ramshackle house that oozes creepy. <br /><br />Setting is so much more than a backdrop, isn't it? <br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Angela @ The Bookshelf MuseAngela Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808259088625142389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-1138350485203225182011-10-15T12:41:42.062-07:002011-10-15T12:41:42.062-07:00Becca, my pleasure. I know, kitchen scenes pop up ...Becca, my pleasure. I know, kitchen scenes pop up in mine too.martha ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-27355462026924714572011-10-15T11:14:22.946-07:002011-10-15T11:14:22.946-07:00Great tips for settings here. Thanks so much for t...Great tips for settings here. Thanks so much for the shout out, Martha. And the reminder about kitchens. I know this rule, but every time I revise a novel, I find a kitchen scene to rewrite. How DO they keep sneaking in??<br /><br />Becca @ The Bookshelf MuseBecca Puglisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08945707666707799601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-65683931068030556982011-10-14T20:11:08.915-07:002011-10-14T20:11:08.915-07:00Thank you D'Ann and Marion!Thank you D'Ann and Marion!Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-34477340402710908042011-10-14T17:24:13.861-07:002011-10-14T17:24:13.861-07:00Great post. I use carriages, dining rooms, breakfa...Great post. I use carriages, dining rooms, breakfast rooms, bedchambers, morning rooms, parlors, ballrooms, libraries, gardens, terraces, barns, and innss You get the picture.<br /><br />MarionElla Quinnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-70072086013782422382011-10-14T15:20:07.736-07:002011-10-14T15:20:07.736-07:00I always set scenes in kitchens. And barns. yeah...I always set scenes in kitchens. And barns. yeah, barns. My heros are always cowboys. They eat, they ride. What can I say?<br /><br />When I read that, it sounds dirty...hehehehe....D'Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05333880627045486088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-49538178688279076852011-10-14T15:17:03.715-07:002011-10-14T15:17:03.715-07:00Thank you Brenda!!Thank you Brenda!!Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-1289684278627972002011-10-14T15:13:05.721-07:002011-10-14T15:13:05.721-07:00Ah my sweet, Mart. What a great post. I also read ...Ah my sweet, Mart. What a great post. I also read the Bookshelf Muse everyday.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03721556815192785649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-73614090707039625772011-10-14T13:55:11.877-07:002011-10-14T13:55:11.877-07:00Lia--VERY true!Lia--VERY true!Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-60703755037411605952011-10-14T13:50:30.412-07:002011-10-14T13:50:30.412-07:00Some real interesting conversations come up around...Some real interesting conversations come up around food. lol. Great post and links!Lia Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775629399372012318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-2032769202375182992011-10-14T13:48:34.819-07:002011-10-14T13:48:34.819-07:00LOL Daryl!LOL Daryl!Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-6165350195897953802011-10-14T13:42:59.158-07:002011-10-14T13:42:59.158-07:00Do not set your scene in a kitchen - yeah - anothe...Do not set your scene in a kitchen - yeah - another rule for me to break.<br /><br />Good post.Darylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-78484658120355435202011-10-14T13:26:59.304-07:002011-10-14T13:26:59.304-07:00Sheri--Thank you so much!Sheri--Thank you so much!Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-36722502498799915392011-10-14T13:23:43.397-07:002011-10-14T13:23:43.397-07:00Great reminders and links - as always. I love the ...Great reminders and links - as always. I love the Bookshelf Muse too. I don't know what I'd do without them.Sheri Fredrickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994182452859135844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-14192912154384289192011-10-14T13:19:41.376-07:002011-10-14T13:19:41.376-07:00Ambrielle--yes I'm guilty too. I love food LOL...Ambrielle--yes I'm guilty too. I love food LOL. And yes. Donald is indeed so motivating and so amazing.<br /><br />Florence--what a great list you got there! As I read it I imagined every detail. I must be the Italian in you:)And what a background you have. <br /><br />Yes--Donald is the greatest teacher. I wish I could meet him in person:)Martha Ramirezhttp://www.martzbookz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-38095462269504883642011-10-14T13:11:12.425-07:002011-10-14T13:11:12.425-07:00Martha, I have a problem with blogger, so I post a...Martha, I have a problem with blogger, so I post as "anon." This is Florence from Ramblings and our GIAM group.<br /><br />I have the good fortune of being born, first-gen Italian, raised in Brooklyn, moved to Manhattan's Washington Heights, worked with exchange librarians, spent summers in Poughkeepsie and the mountains, vacationed all over the Jersey Shore, The Hamptons and Fire Island. If I ever run out of settings, I should shoot myself. Use Google earth to find places all over the planet,and zero in on the exact house or block, the village where my father grew up in Italy, where my neice was raised in Paris. The kitchen? Well sometimes when you do a piece about family, the dinning room table or the kitchen, a family owned restaurant, a bakery where my character's best friend works ...food ... visits to fab Greek diners, people in clubs, drinking, the local watering hole, the roadside diner, a character's mother who is a cook, a lover who is a chef. Donald Maass is the greatest teacher since the year of the flood ... yet his words can be taken with a "grain" ... whole grain loaf of bread and sliced to perfection without losing the great scenes that can take place in a crazy Italian house while consuming pasta fagioli :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996127547673665644.post-61244184522693505382011-10-14T12:49:32.308-07:002011-10-14T12:49:32.308-07:00Awesome post, Mart. I do remember setting a couple...Awesome post, Mart. I do remember setting a couple of my scenes in the kitchen though. Something about food, lol! I also love Donald Maas books. They're so motivating.<br /><br />ambrielle kirkAmbrielle Kirknoreply@blogger.com