SETTING THESAURUS

SWAMP



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Settings should always be chosen with care. Consider the emotion you want your viewpoint character to feel and how setting choices, weather elements, and symbolism might build a specific mood in the scene, create tension and conflict, or even raise the stakes.
SIGHTS:
Black-trunked trees with water dripping down the bark
Rotting vegetation
Scummy water
Tall reeds
Bullfrogs and toads
Slugs and leeches
Catfish, craw fish, crayfish, shrimp, and snakes
Beetles, spiders, flies, mosquitoes, and clouds of gnats
Cicadas
Lizards, crocodiles, and alligators
Swooping bats
Bears and otters
Slimy algae and pea-colored duckweed
Dead trees
Frilly green ferns
Brackish water
Muddy banks
Lily pads
Worms and snails
Egrets, osprey, owls, cranes, and woodpeckers
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