tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post272935887664102966..comments2024-03-16T07:27:27.752+00:00Comments on Novel Points of View: A SENSE OF PLACE by Gill StewartRae Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213969901991611348noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-58357153453069230732014-01-13T18:35:48.183+00:002014-01-13T18:35:48.183+00:00Thanks Rosemary. I'm interested how you cope ...Thanks Rosemary. I'm interested how you cope when you are writing concurrently about different places (assuming you do write concurrently?). I think I might struggle with that.Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-65372010472822718012014-01-13T18:34:31.645+00:002014-01-13T18:34:31.645+00:00Thanks Linda, it is important, isn't it. And ...Thanks Linda, it is important, isn't it. And something you do very well in your books!Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-72703004510787653802014-01-13T18:33:30.388+00:002014-01-13T18:33:30.388+00:00But think of all the research! Maybe that's w...But think of all the research! Maybe that's why I write contemporaries. Researching a place is one thing but I think I'd really struggle with the details of another era.Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-55352160319364840582014-01-13T18:32:38.996+00:002014-01-13T18:32:38.996+00:00Thanks Anne. It is great fun, isn't it, walki...Thanks Anne. It is great fun, isn't it, walking the streets and imagining.Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-18631499277478255402014-01-13T18:31:42.955+00:002014-01-13T18:31:42.955+00:00You're right, we need to know characters, sett...You're right, we need to know characters, setting and everything. So pleased I've started keeping a note pad with me at ALL TIMES, it's really helping to keep track of things (so far).Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-5982484761348531912014-01-13T11:29:46.894+00:002014-01-13T11:29:46.894+00:00Great post, Gill, and something I need to keep rem...Great post, Gill, and something I need to keep reminding myself about when writing!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-51075389481286375002014-01-12T22:42:24.897+00:002014-01-12T22:42:24.897+00:00Very, very, important, Gill, and something it is w...Very, very, important, Gill, and something it is worth reminding ourselves (and others) about ....:)Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-55552950026359411852014-01-12T20:00:24.857+00:002014-01-12T20:00:24.857+00:00Really makes a book, Gill, I quite agree. Anne - I...Really makes a book, Gill, I quite agree. Anne - I would love to set a book in Georgian Edinburgh, but I'd have to do a lot of research. Imagine doing something when Charlotte Square was actually being built! What fun it would be!Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-28925729038425839922014-01-12T18:06:39.984+00:002014-01-12T18:06:39.984+00:00I love sense of place, Gill. I had such self-indul...I love sense of place, Gill. I had such self-indulgent fun with my 2nd novel walking the streets where my heroine would have walked and wondering what it might have been like in the early 1800s. It's certainly something readers like and tell you they like. Anne Stenhouseanne stenhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737658937717248241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-78163336509119385872014-01-12T12:42:36.991+00:002014-01-12T12:42:36.991+00:00Interesting post, Gill. I agree the author has to ...Interesting post, Gill. I agree the author has to know the place intimately, whether it is real or imagined. I suppose it is a bit like with characters. We have to know our characters inside and and out even though we don't include all the information we have about them in the story.Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.com