#WordWeavers #western #horror

9/8 What do you pay attention to when describing your characters' surroundings?

Light. Sound. Plants and Animals. While these aren’t universally true, they seem important. Sometimes it’s architecture, people, or geography.

In a few cases, I go so far as to put a detailed map in my notes to assure consistency and clarity. 

For horror, it seems like darkness is an active agency. Lurking. Grabbing. Touching. The chaos of the unknown. 

 @43b5df12 Your map comment made me think of how I spent some time to determine the distance between certain points and calculated the speed with which the characters could move for the sake of consistency. Even though the distance isn't mentioned in the book, and I'm sure none of the readers would notice, for some reason it was important for me to know how long it would take the characters to get here and there because they traveled between the points a few times 😁