How hard could it be to build a whole world?

How hard could it be to build a whole world?

I’ve written a lot of blog posts about world building over the years. They were solutions to problems I had or that stemmed from conversations with other writers. Topics range from how to start off world building, how to make a fantasy map, and tips to create cultures...
Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Touch

Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Touch

Writing relies heavily on telling the reader descriptions: clothing, appearances, landscapes, cities, movements, clues for time of day, and such. But there is so much more to the world of your story than this! Plus, it is telling and isn’t this supposed to be “show...
The Seasons of Fantasy

The Seasons of Fantasy

I’m sick of snow. That might seem like a doomed statement considering it is the end of October and I’m in the northern hemisphere. Heck, I was IN SNOW today up at Crater Lake in Oregon (there was about a foot of it on the ground). But I’m not talking about the...
Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Sound

Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Sound

Writing relies heavily on telling the reader descriptions: clothing, appearances, landscapes, cities, movements, clues for time of day, and such. But there is so much more to the world of your story than this! Plus, it is telling and isn’t this supposed to be “show...
Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Smell

Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Smell

Writing relies heavily on telling the reader descriptions: clothing, appearances, landscapes, cities, movements, clues for time of day, and such. But there is so much more to the world of your story than this! Plus, it is telling and isn’t this supposed to be “show...

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