Person, Place or Thing?: Characterizing Setting
From the Archives: “Have you ever heard it said in workshop, ‘What’s at stake for this setting?'”: Ayşe Papatya Bucak with five ideas on how to characterize setting.
From the Archives: “Have you ever heard it said in workshop, ‘What’s at stake for this setting?'”: Ayşe Papatya Bucak with five ideas on how to characterize setting.
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