Challenges Quote by Kim Smith

I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.

— Tony Hillerman

As a writer, I'm driven by settings. Others are driven by characters or predicaments, but with me, settings come first.

— Jim Lynch

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.

— Jeffery Deaver

I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and…

— Deb Caletti

You have to figure out what's important and keep the main points, though I will swing a little outside the box. It affords me…

— Dawn Olivieri

I find it easier to write about stuff that is frustrating.

— Sigrid

“The quick and dirty way is to write down a one-line description, in the simplest terms possible, of what I’m creating, along with a…

— Giles Colborne

I make things complicated for myself and chaotic, so I feel unsettled, and then the challenge is to make something structured and complete emerge…

— Jessica Stockholder

Multiple descriptions are better than one.

— Gregory Bateson

Setting is my primary joy as a writer, building a world and watching people respond to it.

— Nicola Griffith

“Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story. Good description is a learned skill,one of the prime reasons you cannot…

— Stephen King

Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot.…

— Stephen King