Thinking it through
... seem to have acquired a reputation as some sort of worldbuilding maven, probably based on the Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions I came up with as a personal crutch during my middle ...
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All together at once
... this is a good thing. It's how we understand a lot of the world, from toasters to the Hubble telescope. Too often, though, some folks ...
Search again:So the next thing that happens is…
... the writer includes all the background and backstory and worldbuilding details that never make it into the finished manuscript). Some ...
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... the narrative. Furthermore, this cuts both ways with the worldbuilding as well as the characterization, especially if you're a fantasy ... science fiction author writing in a completely imaginary world. The reader builds up a picture of the world from what the narrator says, ...
Search again:The First of the Closets
... of you already know, I have the coolest closets in the world. My sister Carol, who used to paint theater scenery for a living, decided ...
Search again:Fantasy vs. Reality
... is taking place in a recognizable version of the real world where most of the background is the same as in real life. For ... and generally accepted by the characters as how the real world works...but everything that's not fantastical has to be realistic ... in fantasy fiction, you get to make the rules for how the world works...but once you've made them, you have to follow them, or you'll ...
Search again:The Devil’s in the Details
... expects many readers to be unfamiliar with. The real world is full of WAY too many interesting details for any writer to fit all of ...
Search again:Did They Have Birds in the Fourth Century?
... provide a "bridge" between known reality and the imaginary world of fantasy (thus making the fantasy world more believable); they are, once known, relatively easy to keep ...
Search again:What do you do with your ideas once you have them?
... going to need to research, and detailing any background or worldbuilding that I think I'm going to want. This is also the point where I ...
Search again:So, What About All These Rules, Then?
... a good idea to look at things like character growth and worldbuilding and so on, to see if the story you're telling will be better if ...
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