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Monday Focus: Don’t ignore the setting(s) of your story.

Denis Ledoux — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:14:33 +0000

Today’s focus reminds you that your stories take place in some context. This is the setting of your story. There are two general sorts of settings. the physical setting that is tangible the abstract setting that consists of family, culture, and the era, etc. This setting tends to be ethereal. Some of the writers I […]

Develop the Setting: the Somewhere of Your Story

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Writers seem to grasp that every memoir needs well-developed characters and actions, but the same is always not true when they are asked to develop the setting of their memoir. Develop the Setting The term “setting” is generally understood to refer to the physical “where” in which your memoir takes place. This can be a […]

Every Story Needs a Believable Memoir Setting

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:00:15 +0000

Writers seem to grasp the need every memoir has to have well-developed character and action, but the same is not true of memoir setting. (more…)

Three Points Not to Forget When You Write Your Money Story

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:00:56 +0000

There is power in writing your money story. Your money story can transform you as it leads to understanding the money energy in your life and ultimately making that energy work for you. In this post I write about three features you must utilize in the writing of a money story. These are character, action, […]