Setting

FACT!: In writing, setting really does count.  A romance set in an abandoned mine shaft will play out very differently than a romance set in a secret dimension inside your closet.

Setting is important, because not only does it allow the reader the opportunity to escape into a different universe and leave their own current problems, but it helps strengthen the imagery and provide insight into the character.  Where a person is tends to effect who a person becomes.  Setting plays a very large role in this.  Setting determines culture, and history, and the customs and traditions within your story.  It also tends to play a role in the general plot.

There are a few books out there that do not have a setting.  This is not a good idea.  It's an extremely pretentious move and takes away from any reader's capacity to escape into a new world.  No one remembers what books they are, because no one has ever actually read more than the first five pages besides the creator.

THE CHALLENGE!:  Write a 350 word scene without any setting.