Location scouting in Nashville
While I’ve travelled fairly extensively, I haven’t been to any of the locations where my dystopian sci-fi trilogy (Project T.A.G.) takes place. A number of those are in India and China, where I unfortunately haven’t been. Others are in out of the way locations in countries I have visited, such as Panama, Greece, and Finland.
However, the sci-fi romance novel I’ll be working on next (Project W.A.) is based in part in Nashville. I hadn’t been there either, until this past week. As part of a road trip from Boston that also included Pittsburgh, Louisville, and Cincinnati, my wife Kate and I spent 24 hours in Nashville. We visited the Grand Ole Opry and Opry Mills, two locations that will be featured in my story. While we were there, we also spent time at the Country Music Hall of Fame, on the General Jackson Showboat, and on Honky Tonk Highway, a 4-block stretch of Broadway that’s packed with bars.
While I don’t think it’s necessary to visit story locations, it certainly can help give you a better sense of a setting and give you extra details that can bring more authenticity to your descriptions. It’s also more fun!
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