Chalk Talk

I'm starting a new segment called CHALK TALK (caps make it look more important, don't they?) that will appear once a week right here on Crossing Chalk. For my thousands of readers out there, this is your chance to sound off on a variety of writing topics. Any and all comments are welcome, as long as you keep it real (real = slang meaning let the comments fly, but remember that all seven of this blog's followers will read your words). 

Okay, so for the first edition of CHALK TALK the topic is... ICE SKATING. 

Not really.

The real topic is... SETTING.  

Yes, we could start with character or plot or conflict, but these topics are overdiscussed and overanalyzed across the blogosphere.  So why not start with something a little more challenging. The overlooked and undervalued.  The underdog of sorts.  The backdrop that keeps our tales colorful and lets our readers shiver from late autumn breezes and sweat from dry desert heat. SETTING!  

I'll post my feelings on this topic later.  Don't want to steal your thunder (and lightning).      

WHAT MAKES A GOOD SETTING? 

-or-

WHAT MAKES A SETTING EFFECTIVE?

Let the comments roll...