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:
Wrought iron fences and gates
A paved driveway and parking area
A church or small chapel
Carved headstones (often made of marble, concrete, or granite in hues of white, black, and gray)
Crooked or leaning headstones
A family mausoleum
Demarcated family burial plots
Well-tended lawns
Decorative flower beds
Bright bursts of color from silk flowers left on graves
Dried flowers and wreaths
Resting benches
Black-clad mourners
Backhoe equipment (usually hidden from viewers and only brought out during non-visiting hours)
Religious stone carvings such as crosses, statues of Jesus or the Virgin Mary, and sun-blanched angels
Shady trees
A framed portrait or meaningful trinket left near a headstone
A memorial wall holding urns
Birds
Squirrels and chipmunks
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