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A road less traveled...question about setting in my manuscript?
Where would you consider an interesting location in the USA to be? A semi-rural area (not the icons of cliche new york/los angeles/chicago types), not often described in books. I had my heart set on southern Mississippi (Hear me out!). I've been there, the majority of people are actually quite hospitable; yes, even to minorities. It's certainly an interesting and charactered place.
But my wife has brought up the valid point of it not being popular for a reason: the general stance of the nation/world that it is considered overly religious, racist, and backwards. I've experienced some of these things, but no more than what I have seen in other parts of the country (perhaps not the religious part). There is plenty of friction and conflict to pick up on, of course.
It is especially important to me to have a place that seems extremely mundane (hence, Mississippi) as it is a fantasy epic (I call it that, we'll see) and I want to build an extreme amount of contrast.
I can edit if further clarification is needed. I like to have conversations through these questions.
No, I don't write my manuscripts (with a lot of parentheses)
2 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Savannah, GA isn't exactly an "interesting" place, but plenty of authors have set their stories there. I like the idea of setting a fantasy story in the south, personally (although a more standard choice would be New Orleans). (I like parenthesis too.) If you want that contrast in your story, a traditionally lifeless place like rural MS would be the perfect place to set the story. The issues you mentioned about Mississippi will only add to your story if you develop them properly.
So, I say go ahead!
- Anonymous8 years ago
If you want to go with Mississippi you should, regardless of what reputation it has. I think you can do better than Mississippi in terms of mundaneness though. I mean since it does have that reputation it's at least known for something. How often do you hear people talk about states like Wyoming or Vermont (Which by the way are the least populated states in America, even more so than Alaska if you can believe it)? They seem very dull, so you should go with one of them in my opinion. Good luck with writing and all that.
