Free webinar—Setting the Stage (World-building for all genres)
Join Darling Axe senior editors Michelle Barker and David Brown for a free 90-minute webinar on the importance of setting in fiction. Topics include:
- Setting's impact on reader immersion
- When setting can become a barrier
- Implications from speculative fiction
- Balancing context and story
The presentation is about an hour, followed by 30 minutes for Q&A.
Thursday, May 13th at 7:00 PM—PDT
Interested? Send us a note to get on the Zoom invite list!
About the Darling Axe
Our editors are industry professionals and award-winning writers. We offer narrative development, editing, and coaching for every stage of your manuscript's journey to publication.
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