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Tag: world-building

W is for world-building

  By Erin April 26, 2012 April 26, 2012 A to Z 2012

World-building is an important exercise, even outside of speculative fiction. Authors need to decide where to set their story, and if they use a fictional town or city, it still has to feel real. Still, for me, I find more work goes into the world-building when the first step is “decide what world I want to use.” (This is true for both fantasy and science-fiction, of course.) Continue reading

Tagged   Kate Elliott, Patricia Wrede, secondary worlds, world-building
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