How to Describe Your Setting Without Infodumping

By Janice Hardy

Bring your world tolife without burying readers in the details.

Crafting a setting is about more than telling readers whereyour story takes place—it’s about inviting them to step inside your story worldand making them feel like they belong. When your setting feels real, yourcharacters also feel real, and readers are more likely to care about whathappens to them. A well-drawn world can ground your narrative and create animmediate emotional connection.

It’s tempting to describe every brick, breeze, and blade ofgrass in a setting you love, but too much description all at once can drownyour story (and reader) in information. Instead of pulling readers in, you riskmaking them feel like they’re slogging through a travel brochure.

The strongest settings come alive organically. They’re woveninto the action, filtered through the character’s perspective, and delivered ineasy-to-digest spoonfuls that keep the story moving while showing readers all they need to know about the world.

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