Episode 3 - Sarah Moss: Setting
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Sarah Moss joins Yvonne to talk about setting within her novel Summerwater. The setting of a novel plays an important role not just in driving the narrative but also in developing the characters. Moss explains how the setting of Summerwater in a Scottish highland holiday park helped to form the basis for the novel. Write Your Novel is an innovative write-along podcast series - written and devised by Dr Yvonne Battle-Felton. A writing exercise at the end of each conversation supports the listener to help them proactively work through the techniques in their own work. A transcript for this episode is available here: https://newwritingnorth.com/projects/write-your-novel/ Presenter: Yvonne Battle-Felton Producer: Candace Wilson Music: Joe Gardner A Sonderbug Production funded by Arts Council England and supported by New Writing North.
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