What state should my story be set in?
I'm writing a story and I don't know where I want it to take place. I'm Canadian so I don't know much about what the individual U.S. states are like. The place would have to get snow for at least a couple of months of the winter, and wouldn't be by the ocean. It would also have to have a city big enough to have a high school with four thousand students. Please help!
Setting of my story? Real World vs. Fake world?
When I started writing my story I didn't really think about where it should be set. Now I'm wondering if I should create a new world based on our world or set it in the current one. I wouldn't mind setting ti in an alternate universe but do you think it would confuse readers if everything is normal and then suddenly I mention some fake city or town? Would it confuse them if this society had a slightly different social structure? The real problem is that the kids already have powers which is the major idea of this story so would it be strange if for example Derrick with wind powers lives in Metropolis or something and nothing is really strange until later like if a building talks or something. As a reader would you think that the talking building was a part of the plot or would you just accept it as a part of Derrick's world. So all in all I'm asking if I should make a new one or stick to our current world and its laws. Thanks for your help!
What is a good place for a mystery story to take place ,?
MY STORY is about a gril who fells in love with a man that is not real , so she moves with her brothedr afer something bad happened , so i'm looking for a place with wood kin of like forks W,S how is use in twilight . any ideas ?
Where should I set a story?
Inside a vacuum cleaner.I always thought that would be a cool place to set a tale. It's a micro-world, perfect setting, lots of drama. There is weather, really bad tornadoes, rain from time to time. Rain that includes water and, perhaps, dog food. There are the old-school residents, who have lived there for ages and made their own place and comforts and have to hold on to them during the most trying times. Have they set up a government? Rules? Laws? How do they deal with death? How do they deal with birth? Resource allocation? Is there a class structure, races?Then there are NEW immigrants, who show up, without any resources, usually broken down, and they have to make their own way. How do they survive? Do they band together? Do they steal? Do they work? Do they make their own technologies?And where is religion in all of this? Is there any? A belief in something higher? Who makes the rain? The tornado? Where does all that dog food come from?And somewhere in the dust and hair and crap - love can flourish. Love between first and/or second generation dust mites. Or a spider and a dust mite. Or, a lonely, poor wee mite and his love who died in the last tornado and can't let go because she's left him with 500,000 babies to care for and the pickings are slim. Love, loss, change, trauma, society, poverty, wealth, deus. It's all here.The fact that the world is only 10 inches square and your main characters would be dust mites, spiders and fuzzy cat toys would make it that much better.
I need a setting for my story?
A setting includes both time and location. The time of a martial arts story must be set in ancient China. Since you want a village as a location, I recommend Suzhou, which is a good place for your story.
Is Philadelphia a good place to set a superhero story?
The short answer would be absolutely! Not only is there the hustle and bustle of a metropolis-type city, there are amazing buildings that make for a scenic skyline and beautiful, green parks alike. Philadelphia residents would also go crazy for a Philly-based superhero, including myself.For the antagonistic end of most superhero plots, the dark underbelly of corrupt politicians, crime, and drugs in this city leaves no shortage of storylines.
What are the best German movies where the story takes place in the city of Berlin?
To get a good cinematic feel for the city of Berlin, here are some important movies to watch, in chronological order:Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927) -- Visual collage of the daily routines of the city Menschen am Sonntag (1930) -- Documentary of everyday lifeM (1931) -- Crime thriller set in the Berlin underworld Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? (1932) -- working-class BerlinGermany Year Zero (1948) -- Neorealist movie, filmed in the ruins of BerlinA Foreign Affair (1948) -- post-war Berlin with the Billy Wilder touchBerlin - Ecke Schönhauser (1957) -- juvenile delinquents in 1950s East Berlin One, Two, Three (1961) -- Cold-War comedy, Billy Wilder againBerlin Alexanderplatz (1980) -- Fassbinder's 14-hour reconstruction of 1920s BerlinGermany Pale Mother (1980) -- Life in the city during the warTaxi zum Klo (1980) -- Life as a gay man in BerlinSolo Sunny (1980) -- Cult classic about East German musiciansChristiane F. - We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (1981) -- Junkies despair in West Berlin Didi - Der Doppelgänger (1984) -- Quintessential German humorWestler (1985) -- Gay love in a divided cityWings of Desire (1987) -- The one movie everyone assumes captures the essence of BerlinGorilla Bathes at Noon (1993) -- Absurdities right after the fall of the wall Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (1997) -- Aimless 20somethings in the city Liebe deine Nächste! (1998) -- Comedy set among the homeless and down-trodden of the cityNight Shapes (1999) -- Multiple narratives converge in the city at nightSonnenallee (1999) -- Teenagers growing up in 1970s East BerlinHerr Lehmann (2003) -- 1980s ennui in West BerlinMuxmäuschenstill (2004) -- Berlin vigilante mockumentary
If my story is set in a fictional town, can I...?
As others have stated, yes, you can use brand names in your story as long as you use them as background only and they aren't portrayed negatively. For instance, I wouldn't have someone murdered in the KFC, or say they closed the local McDonald's because of an E. coli outbreak. Now that you feel comfortable that you can use brand names, I'm not sure that I would. Many many years ago I used to like Dean R. Koontz, and read everything of his that I could find. By overdosing on him, I realized certain things, like most of his protagonists like to down a Dos Equis with dinner. That's a small thing, but when it pops up again and again in your stories, it becomes a distraction. Don't name drop excessively. After all, these companies aren't paying you.
Steve Fossett ---- Area 51?
The story is Steve was looking for a place to set a land speed record. Does he have a car almost ready or even on the drawing board? Bonneville is already there, there's no need to find a better place. Sounds fishy to me. However, Area 51 is within round trip distance. Steve is a curious aviator, to say the least. Area 51 is an aviator's mystery. Hmmmm. Add the fact that Steve just disappeared, no trace, no crash scene, and the area has been well searched now. I'm not talking aliens, but do you think the government could be involved?