If everything in a story is supposed to be advancing either the

>>9345148
Congratulations, you've realised why genre fiction is garbage.

>>9345155
why does this apply only to genre fiction?

>>9345165
The "world building" meme that genrefags are obsessed with.

>>9345148
>If everything in a story is supposed to be advancing either the plot or character development,

This is overly simplistic advice meant for and useful only to the most novice of writers. If you want to develop the setting, then do it.

>or is the environment considered a character?

Not really. To put in another way, making the setting interesting and engaging is similar in the way you do it for a character.

>>9345148

it fits in because a character is nothing without their environment

I mean if you just write character interactions you're really just writing a script aren't you

>>9345155
Agreed. A lot of genre fiction isn't even set in New York. It's completely retarded.

>>9345193
But it makes the story so much richer! Have you read the Game of Thrones books?

False premise. Did you read that Stephen King book on writing?

>>9345148
>If everything in a story is supposed to be advancing either the plot or character development
No
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>>9345148
Worldbuilding is a meme. Only describe the setting when it's pertinent to the characters, plot, or tone.

Examples of this:
>Character's home has tall bookshelves / multiple liquor cabinets / a small art gallery. What does this tell us about the character?
>There's a piece of furniture in this bar that'll be implicated in a barfight later. Describe it now so that it doesn't materialize out of nowhere.
>It's a lonely, mellow night. Illustrate this with the color of the streetlamps, the texture of the pavement, etc. Show, don't tell.

>>9345402 is either being sarcastic or retarded.

>>9345148
We're way beyond all that shit kid. Just rip plots from famous classic novels and put the symbolism on top.

>>9345148
That's an autistic question. Read Proust and you'll get what literature and therefore literary writing is about desu.