Comments for Writers Workshop: Your World as a Character - Rachel Lee at http://www.conardcounty.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.conardcounty.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:50:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.conardcounty.com/writers-workshop-your-world-as-a-character-rachel-lee.html#comment-50 My world is always a character in the same way the characters and the story are. They're intimately intertwined: you need an environment in which the story can play out, you need characters who would reasonably be part of the story and you need a story that fits the characters and the environment. It's a synergistic thing, a gestalt, actually. I have thought of Conard County in many ways over the years, my view of it changing a bit with each story. In EXILE'S END it reflected the dry barrenness of Mandy's soul after the death of her husband. Since then it has grown and changed and expanded to become part of the lives of other characters, a place they reflect and that reflects them. Maybe a comfortable pair of jeans is the best description. Each character finds a possibility, a reflection, or a limitation in the character of Conard County. As for writing a story with the setting as a main character: the closest I came to that was Thunder Mountain, where the mountain itself was a living, breathing actor in the story. Even so, the setting, the world, is always a main character, however big or small the role seems to be! Hugs, Rachel - Rachel Lee Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:07:00 +0100 http://www.conardcounty.com/writers-workshop-your-world-as-a-character-rachel-lee.html#comment-49 ;D Hi Rachel! Thanks for replying to my last post! Do you think of your worlds like you do about your characters? I mean, do you think of them as kinda like people? Do they get angry, or fall in love? How do you see Conrad County as a character? I kinda always saw it like an old pair of jeans. A bit worn, but very comfortable. But I never thought of it as a character. I would say if I thought of CC as a character, it feels most like Nate and Marge Tate. Kinda like my grandparents, I guess! Are there any world/characters you are most fond of? Have you ever written a story where the world was the main character? How do you create a story like that? - Sarah338 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:42:30 +0100