Describing the setting in your story can do more than help your readers picture the scene. The setting can also help set the tone or mood of a scene too.
For example, if you're writing horror, you can add a sense of foreboding or create a creepy atmosphere in the way you describe the setting. Is your character in a dark, dank place? Or maybe a dentist's office has a lot of eerie patient portraits whose grins seem sinister? Or maybe it's a lovely, nice old lady's house that's a bit too perfect?
The colors, time of day, lighting, decorations, smells, sounds, etc. in a setting can all be used to help set the tone.
Below is a picture of a guy standing at the edge of an empty subway platform. First, describe the setting as you see it. Second, try describing the setting to seem 1) scary 2) hopeful 3) sad.
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