2024 NanoWrimo Story

Oct. 17: - Setting: Cultural Setting

Oct. 17: - Setting: Cultural Setting ▼
Describe the cultural, political and/or religious setting in your novel, regardless of whether the cultural setting is fictional, historical, or modern.
(1) What do your societies believe?
(2) In what practices do they engage?
(3) What laws or rules of society are in place?
(4) Who/what enforces the laws and rules and how successful are they?
(5) What technologies are in use?
(6) How does the setting impact your protagonist(s) in their pre-story lives?
(7) How does the setting impact the plot of your story?

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1. What do your societies believe?
The society is highly influenced by the sorcerer who has cast a spell on the land and people.


2. In what practices do they engage?
The current religious practice is focused on nature.


3. What laws or rules of society are in place?
Everyone must worship and reverence the king. (King Jon)


4. Who/what enforces the laws and rules and how successful are they?
The King's court enforces the laws.


5. What technologies are in use?
This is a time where technology isn't in use.


6. How does the setting impact your protagonist(s) in their pre-story lives?
This setting makes a difficult life for Jacob in the pre-story setting.


7. How does the setting impact the plot of your story?
It helps define the conflict that is to be eventually resolved in the end.

Note: Once Jacob takes back the kingship, he restores the people's rights to worship the god of their choice.