Sunday, December 02, 2007

Christmas weather

It finally feels like the holiday season, since we woke up to this:
Which, of course, required a romp in the nearby park.

I need to be careful, otherwise the puppy will steal this blog away from me and start posting on her eternal playfulness.

So the writing question of the day: How does weather affect your stories? Or does it? Does your novel timeline occur in the span of one, long sunny day? Or maybe if it's a vampire novel, it's one, long gloomy night. Does the weather change around your characters? How does it affect their mood? Do certain plot points revolve around specific weather conditions? A rainy day spoils the conjuring of a fire elemental? Snow or rain covering over footprints and tracks the hero is attempting to follow?

What's the forecast for the chapter?


I see that smile.

2 Comments:

At 7:32 PM, Lynn said...

I literally roll dice to pick the weather for most scenes unless I've got a feeling about what the weather should be. It has caused for some interesting turns in my stories :D

 
At 11:55 PM, Beth K. Vogt said...

No vampires. None. Never. Ever.
Ah, but you asked about the weather . . .

 

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