If you're like most of us, you live in an apartment, a house, a trailer home, a dorm, a cottage, a condo, or some other kind of building that stands on land.
Not many of us are lucky enough to live on a houseboat. I took these photos in Seattle, where there are several communities of people who live on the water.
Even if we can't live on a houseboat, we can choose it as a setting.
What are the sights, sounds, and smells your character would experience living on the water?
What kinds of people or animals would live there?
- How about a cat named Admiral?
- A girl whose mother is a tugboat captain?
- A boy who's afraid of water?
- A dog who dreams about having a big yard?
- A retired pirate?
Try setting a story on a houseboat. If you're lucky, you actually live on one. For the rest of us, we can create a story where a house surrounded by water gives our readers an unusual setting.
Happy houseboating!
