Camp NaNoWriMo begins in April! In the spirit of friendly camp competition (and inspired by one of our favorite scenes in Scott Westerfeld’s Afterworlds), we asked our friends to Choose Your Camp. Nicola Yoon and David Yoon, author and illustrator respectively of the forthcoming book, Everything, Everything, share how setting can act as a minor god:
It’s often said that setting acts as character in a story: it’s true that settings can have their own personalities and moods like people, but a setting can also do many things people can not. I like to think of settings as omniscient and powerful minor gods with near-total control over your protagonist and plot. A setting can mirror the mindset of your heroine, or it can fight against her wishes. It can let her hide away or force her to reveal her true self before she’s ready. A setting can be your heroine’s best friend or worst enemy or both—sometimes in the blink of an eye…
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