Build Worlds
When you are writing a story you are also building the world in which that story happens. That world is a character every bit as important as the hero and antagonist, more so perhaps. How that world is realised and communicated in the story is often called world building, and it’s as difficult as it is important. The Build World Series of blogs looks at how using small detail, creating illusions of depth, and defining the edges of a world you create.
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Sometimes you need to build a fictional world from a set of broad ideas. To do this you need to find and set the edges of the world.
World Building is ultimately about creating the illusion of reality and depth. To create that illusion, we need to use details, to evoke mood and tone with d...
Creating the world that your story takes place in is a difficult and vital art, and one that is best approached by building it up from small details.
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