Entering a public setting is governed by a spotlight that switches off once positioned
Evidence
In every scene, the writer’s opportunity comes at the point of change. A person doesn’t notice the street he walks down every day. But when they knock down the house on the corner, and a new vista is revealed—that’s when your character notices, and that’s when you can describe. Landscapes, streetscapes, objects, are dead in themselves. They only come alive through the senses of your character, though his perceptions, his opinions, his point of view. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 871 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Settings only come alive through a character noticing them at a point of change — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 871
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Broader Connections
- Settings only come alive through a character noticing them at a point of change
#expands(0.55) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 871