Weather.
I like to make it work for me in a story.
Which sometimes means making it work against my protagonists.
Fair weather might be the pleasant backdrop of a scene.
Maybe it reflects the serene inner landscape of your MC...
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| This is Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, photo taken in August |
Or the calm waters your MC is enjoying--before or after the storm.
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| Rachel Carson Refuge Wells, Maine August |
I am extremely fond of fog. It can be peaceful and soothing.
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| Sailboat, Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport ME October |
It can also be eerie and disorienting.
Familiar landmarks disappear.
You think you are alone, then suddenly someone appears right in front of you.
Sounds are sometimes muffled. Sometimes clearer.
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| Goose Rocks Beach Kennebunkport Maine The day before Sandy's arrival |
In UNQUIET SOULS the main characters have to contend with supernaturally gifted villains and their Scottish deerhound familiars, during a blizzard slash ice storm.
Weather can be a catalyst, forcing your characters to take action.
In TENDRIL, a hurricane creates opportunity for the bad guy, and forces the somewhat reluctant good guy to act courageously.
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| Portland Head Light Maine October 31, 2012 |
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I love how in some stories weather takes on a personality and becomes an almost full-fledged character. Lara Zielin's book, The Waiting Sky has a great example of this.
ReplyDeleteI love the photos you used - particularly the fog one! :)
That sounds like a book I would like, the title alone is evocative. Yes-fog, I think I have a fog fetish.
ReplyDeleteI second your fog fetish. Followed closely by mist. And all other forms of condensation.
ReplyDeleteYes, mist, fog's sister (or something). Vital elements of Gothic atmosphere.
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