As anyone in a wintery climate will tell you, lighting influences our moods.
Currently, in my part of the world, there are fewer hours of daylight. And this causes big issues like depression, increase in suicide rates, overall grumpiness.
Lighting in our stories sets the mood also.
A scene set at night, in the darkness, automatically becomes more dangerous and mysterious than a scene set at noon, under a blazing sun.
Rain and gray clouds in a scene bring with them a sense of dreariness, of sadness.
A scene set in an office, under harsh fluorescent lights, is colder, less personal.
Lighting matters.
What is the lighting in the scene you’re currently writing or reading?
