I'm obsessed about setting because:
1. I like writing long descriptive scenes but don't know where they fit. I feel like I want to tell my reader everything about the scene, but don't know which is the most relevant
2. Setting encompasses so many things -- Back stories, interior life of the characters, social commentary, reasons for a character's actions. It affects dialogue that engages with or disengages with the setting. Looking at how other people have used setting will help my writing.
3. I want to write of a Singapore that does not sound like a tourist guidebook, but yet is not so esoteric that I need a glossary to explain what a HDB flat is.
4. I see things everyday and think -- is this unique to Singapore? How do I write about it in a way that does not make it weird. The white-man-in-Asia sort of writing?
