Save Your Settings:
Writing Settings as Real as Your Characters
Your settings should do more than decorate scenes — they should breathe, shift, and shape every moment of your story. This live workshop teaches you to build worlds so vivid your readers feel the cobblestones underfoot and the rain on their skin.
Your characters live somewhere. Make that somewhere unforgettable.
Settings are the most underestimated element in fiction. A cardboard backdrop makes even great characters feel flat. Readers don't just want to know where a scene happens — they want to feel it. The humidity. The silence. The way a room smells at 3am. Authors who nail setting create an immersive reading experience that hooks readers from page one. This workshop shows you exactly how — including how to use AI to build layered, sensory-rich worlds without spending weeks on research.
What you'll cover in this workshop
This is a live, interactive session — not a pre-recorded course you'll bookmark and never finish. Coral teaches in real time, demos the tools live, and answers your questions as they come.
Go beyond sight. Learn to layer sound, smell, touch, and taste into every setting so readers don't just see your world — they inhabit it.
Use setting to establish mood, reveal character, foreshadow conflict, and control pacing — all without a single line of exposition.
Use Claude and ChatGPT to research, brainstorm, and build detailed setting bibles in a fraction of the time.
Create a living document that keeps your world consistent across chapters, books, and series.
What you'll walk away with
- Techniques for writing settings that engage all five senses
- AI-powered world-building workflows that save hours of research
- A settings bible template to keep your world consistent across a series
- Live exercises with immediate feedback from Coral
- The confidence to write any setting — historical, fantasy, contemporary — with authority
This workshop is for you if:
- You're an author who wants practical, hands-on guidance — not just theory
- You learn best in live sessions where you can ask questions and get real-time feedback
- You're ready to stop collecting bookmarked courses and start doing the work
Frequently Asked Questions
What genre is this for?
All of them. Setting craft applies to every genre — from contemporary romance to epic fantasy to literary fiction.
Do I need a finished manuscript?
No. Bring a work-in-progress, an idea, or just a desire to write more immersive fiction.
Will we be using AI tools?
Yes — Coral demonstrates AI-powered world-building techniques live. You'll see exactly how to prompt for rich, usable setting material.
Are there recordings?
No. This is a live, attend-once experience. The value is in showing up, doing the work in real time, and getting live feedback from Coral and the group. There are no recordings or replays.
Ready to join?
Live with Coral. Practical, hands-on, and built for authors who want results.
