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Posts Tagged worldbuilding

Thinking it through

On April 5, 2010   /   Writing  
Tags: fantasy writing, how-to, intermediate writing, worldbuilding

I 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 career. I don’t actually think the reputation is deserved – really, it should belong to someone

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Building a world

On January 30, 2010   /   Writing  
Tags: description, fantasy writing, intermediate writing, my work, tools, worldbuilding

Worldbuilding in some sense is a requirement for all writers. The people and places in fiction may have analogs in real life, but a writer in the U.S. cannot depend on every reader (or even most readers) being familiar with the Lincoln Park area of Chicago or the

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