#WritersCoffeeClub 17: Do you draw out maps/floorplans/diagrams/etc. for key set pieces in your writing?
Nah. I look at a lot of maps online to get my descriptions as accurate as possible (cities, streets, parks, restaurants).
For a scene at Folsom Street Fair (San Francisco’s annual bdsm and leather culture fest), I found online someone’s video of their day at the fair in the late 1990s.
I watched the hell out of the hours-long vid to get a feel for the locale.
The cloaked figure reached out its large fist, fingers down. 8yo Aaron offered his small palm. The figure placed a toy horse in the boy’s hand. Not one of those cheap plastic ones w bent legs that won’t even stand up in thick carpet. It was #carved from wood & painted shiny black.
Aaron ran a finger over the horse’s ribs. It looked so real he expected the horse to start breathing. He looked up to thank the figure. No one was there.