Setting a scene for a fictional story requires a writer to carefully consider the vocabulary used to portray the time and place in order for the reader to be able to be "be there". For today’s exercise for fiction writers use the following information below and write an opening scene of a novel which sets the story in context. Try to avoid well-worn clichés wherever possible.

Genre: Mystery
Year: 1986
Place: New Orleans

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