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Are there any guidelines for choosing your location in a modern story?

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jeno:

--- Quote from: Kali on March 26, 2011, 10:10:37 PM ---LA is about fake people and shallowness. 

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Now that's a bit harsh.  :D

But it does bring up another point. Any given city will mean different things to different people. A Wall Street big wig won't have the same view of NYC as a kid from Staten Island. New Orleans looks like one thing to someone from the Ninth Ward and another to old money from the Garden District.  LA could be full of shallowness - or it could be the most amazing place in the world if you catch a big break.

Try to give your city significance through the eyes of your main character. That's how you make it come alive.

Quantus:

--- Quote from: jeno on March 26, 2011, 11:19:45 PM ---  LA could be full of shallowness - or it could be the most amazing place in the world if you catch a big break.


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Could even be East LA and be a gang operated inner city drug-scape.   You know, whatever works   ;)

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