OK – you’ve made a start. You’ve cleared a corner of the kitchen table. You’ve made yourself a cup of tea or coffee – or if you’re one of those authors, you’ve downed half a bottle of Scotch before ten in the morning. You have at least a vague idea of your story and characters. I’ll deal with characters in a separate unit, I think. Right now, we’ll look at setting the scene.
This is important. Whatever your chosen genre you are creating a world and inviting the reader to step in. And once they’re in you want them to stay there.
