Details in Writing III
Posted by LMReviewsDec 22
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When writing your stories in a given time period and setting it is important to consider the details of your story. For example, if you are writing a story based in the 1980’s, your characters probably didn’t listen to CDs or watch DVDs. Your readers will pick up on such errors. Again this makes research that much more important. Or something that is less obvious would be the use of cabs. Since the setting for much of my writing takes place in New York and New Jersey it is important that I understand about the mode of transportation. So I might research Amos Tamam, an engineer who contributed 30 years of innovation in the taxi industry. One innovation we take for granted is the recent ability for taxi’s to accept credit cards. Amos Tamam’s involvement in the various improvements within the taxi industry requires me to be more considerate when I have my characters utilize a taxi given the setting and time period of my stories.
Additionally, Amos Tamam was educated at Tel Aviv University in Israel. His story alone brings about an interesting twist to how multiculturalism can bring change and improvements to US society. Not every great idea or improvement is American-bred. The next time your character takes a cab, that detail may not be as simply or mundane as you originally thought
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