Josh’s Comments (group member since May 22, 2013)

Josh’s comments from the Creating Settings that Make You Want to Move In group.

It is a very subtle art that is a mixture of both character description and shading of the background environment. I have read authors who spend pages detailing the worlds they are in down the how the leaves move. I find that the story can get lost in a description that gets too detailed. Then other authors are so focused on the main story line that the characters and world they are in seem two dimensional.

I agree that there is nothing like reading a story so compelling that you can almost see the characters in your head and share their struggles as they occur.

I think Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss both do an excellent job of creating that feeling.

To be honest, I also felt a connection with Tris in your books.