SETTING THESAURUS

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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:
A flat landscape
Blowing snow
Ice sheets
Glaciers
Snow banks
Streaking clouds
Far-off snow-capped mountain ranges
Animals (caribou, wolves, musk oxen, hares, polar bears, foxes, snow geese, migrating birds)
Prints in the snow
Hardy tufts of grass peeking out of the snow
Rock formations
Sleds being pulled by dogs
Snowmobiles
Natives dressed in furs and leathers
Hunters with jackets trimmed in animal fur
Snowmobile and snowshoe tracks
Old fire pits and campsites
Simple tents
Tents made of skins
Animal scat
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SETTING NOTES AND TIPS:
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