Write@YA Episode 7: Building a World Worth Reading

When it’s fully realized, a setting can feel like a character. It can draw in the reader, it can have its own dramatic arc, it can make the whole story come alive and make a person never want to leave it.

So it’s good to get it right. Or, as right as possible, as early in the drafting process as possible. With that in mind we talk this week about some of our favorite approaches for writing unforgettable, immersive settings, and we also share our favorite worlds from work spanning a number of genres.

Show Notes and Suggested Reading/Watching:

Twister (film)
CINDER by Marissa Meyer
HATCHET by Gary Paulsen
THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT by Seth Dickinson
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater
SALT TO THE SEA by  Ruta Sepetys
Tamora Pierce books
RED RISING series by Pierce Brown
Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab, and the upcoming Threads of Power series
Brandon Sanderson books
Brandon Sanderson lecture on World Building: https://youtu.be/v98Zy_hP5TI
The Witchlands series by Susan Dennard
THE SERPENT KING by Jeff Zentner
THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER by Emily XR Pan
THE BELLES by Dhonielle Clayton

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