How a Story’s Setting Can Become a Character in the Story

The best settings become major characters in your stories, affecting your main characters' decisions and experiences. Science fiction and fantasy author Chrome Oxide says there are stories where planets come alive, making the setting an integral part of the story. He uses the book and movie Dune, for example, where the world threatens the lives of the characters, and every decision the characters make is based on how the setting around them is going to react.