Backstory, part 2
... backstory for their characters and/or background for their world may find it hard to believe that readers will understand what is going on ...
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Fixing what’s broke
... hint about a character’s background? Flesh out the world and backstory, or just give the characters (and reader) a bit of ...
Search again:Keeping the Reader Reading
... an explicit or implicit question (“Is it normal in this world for a frog to talk, or is this frog an enchanted person? Is he ever going ... kinds of questions, from “Do normal frogs talk in this world?” to “Why did this frog ask for a cigarette?” to “Is this talking ...
Search again:What type of character?
... in which it isn’t the characters who change, but the world around them, as well as stories about the tragedy of a character the ...
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... do the fixing. And all the theoretical knowledge in the world won’t tell you how to decide whether, in this story with your ...
Search again:Plot is Hard, Part 2
... big trouble with plot start with characters or setting or worldbuilding or theme or a general idea that they want to explore, rather than ... to dragons was probably not the safest thing in the world to be doing. That’s quite a bit to get from three words. Once you ...
Search again:The Cool Stuff
... is possibly the best and most useful reason for doing worldbuilding in advance that I know of. A few minutes spent deciding whether ... in a weird hotel, or hiding in a secret underground cavern-world, can give the writer the basis for coming up with cool stuff that really ...
Search again:Killing off characters
... suicide run to destroy the incoming asteroid and save the world. The second sort that works for me are the “random events” that ...
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... the drinks and canapes, and generally populating the world your Hero is busy trying to save. They are the city guards, waiters, ... and guns. You can imply a lot about the culture of your world, how cosmopolitan your cities and countries are (or aren’t), and how ...
Search again:From setting to story
... December 23 is the last day to register for my online worldbuilding workshop at Odyssey, if you are interested. I will be taking next ...
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