More Than Setting: Centering Nature in Your Fiction
Jane Friedman
APRIL 22, 2025
Photo by Singkham Todays post is by book coach Erin Radniecki. Snowy mountain peaks, whitewater rivers, and misty evergreen forests are all lovely backdrops for compelling fiction. But if you want to write a book for readers who care deeply about natureor if youre trying to convince readers to careyouve got to go beyond scenery. Why? Because that beautiful scenery is passive, it doesnt ask anything of the audience.
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