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There are many places in nature that work as settings. Since my thoughts are still on the topic of nature and we had the great imagery prompt for the official contest Short Shots, which my ideas go right to fantasy, I thought that this newsletter would focus on a particular setting. This time I want to talk about trees and in particular what is called an arbor. There are a few uses for the word that even include a location for a fishing rod but we're going to stick to two in particular.
Often when we think of the word arbor, trees come to mind. At least they do for me and probably in part due to things like Arbor Day, where trees get mentioned. In particular, though an arbor is a grove of trees.
Know of any fantasy stories where a location is located in a grove of trees?
I am going to guess than many readers might know of a few, to say the least. Trees in general have a connection to worlds of magic and fantasy, so we're bound to write some of our stories in ways that involve groups of them. I know a couple of my stories in particular are going to involve groups of trees but must admit, don't think I've ever used the word arbor in any of them. Maybe I should. Do you use the word arbor or have another way to describe the grouping of trees?
An arbor is also a landscape structure, or more common known as a garden. Sometimes referred to as a pergola, certain searches for arbors will include garden structures that have plenty of greenery, gazebos, walkways or even natural tunnels created from the foliage.
In some ways, the landscape structure is the more controlled form of the arbor while the grove of trees one can see as a natural setting. Either provide options for the writer. Both have their places and give us natural settings to develop in a story. I know I'm going to use both even if I don't call them by the name arbor. Looking at the beautiful pictures that come up upon searching for arbor in google is also very inspiring. Fantasy or science fiction, an arbor can be a useful particular setting for a story. Just need to write it.
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How do you use trees in your story? Does the world include an arbor?
Last month I spoke about nature in general and the use within the fantasy world for writers. Here are some comments sent in over the topic:
Comment by dogpack saving 4premium 
Nature can work well in connecting and disconnecting with characters, but what if nature happened to be what was disconnecting from the characters? Or what if nature was the character and the characters were the nature? Hum, I may need to work on this and develop a story.
- hmm Interesting ideas. Have fun with the story!
Comment by Quick-Quill 
I probably need to use more of it, but in my crime novel a family disappears and it seems they may have gone into the river. In real life, the Columbia River can quickly move and digest what settles to the bottom in a short amount of time. 50 years went by and no sign of the car in the river. This year it's 60 years and I'm finally finishing this story. I wish it would be in time for the anniversary Dec 7.
- Good luck with the story. I'm not the most descriptive in setter either but at times, I think a little can go a long way.
Comment by ClarityofClouds 
Thank you for drawing attention to Nature, the one character in a story that is often taken for granted. Since no person can exist without some sort of breathable atmosphere, the environment is vital for all other characters to remain alive. One thing that I have found in writing fantasy or sci-fi is that Nature is not confined to the planet Earth. I have been writing stories based on Mars, but in order to do that I needed to do some fun research on how Nature operates on that world. The atmosphere there is not breathable for living beings so the characters can only directly experience the landscape in a vehicle or spacesuit, which both connects them to, and disconnects them from, the natural environment. Nature offers a whole universe (or multiverse) of possibilities for the fantasy writer.
- Thanks for the comment on the newsletter and you make a true point. Nature is well beyond Earth. Helps make it a great element for fantasy and science fiction writers.
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