Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! Time is relative. I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist. Moving onto a serious note, time is relative, especially in fiction. Creating a sense of time passing is a necessary skill, but you don’t want it to…
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! The pursuit of knowledge is a never-ending quest, and in a civilization it will lead to the development of medicine, technology, and other sciences. It may sometimes be a bloody path. And which sciences develop…
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! I have another post up at the Ferret blog today, as well! Hop on over there to read all about Choosing the Best Opening Scene for Your Story! I’m going to warn you now…
We’ve talked about birth and death so far, and we’ll deal with coming of age as well, but let’s take a moment to talk about (insert drumroll here!) marriage! Yes, nuptials is a fancy N word for marriage, because I needed M for military yesterday.
I’ve met a lot of people who, for some reason, think writing fantasy is all about… being a peace-loving hippie. No offense meant to any peace-loving hippies out there, I’m a borderline hippie myself, since I think environmental conservation, organic eating, and self-sustainability are very important.
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! Communication is the basis of human relationship and interaction. Societies and cultures are built around this interaction, and language develops from there. Language is so much more than just the words that you speak –…
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! There are three ways a society deals with knowledge: they encourage the pursuit of it, they allow the pursuit of it, or they actively forbid the accumulation of it.
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! I have a post up on the Ferret blog today – J.R.R. Tolkien: A Bit of Gratitude. I’ll be honest – I never really thought much about judicial systems in fantasy until I started on…
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! This may seem creepy… but I like to poke through my character’s bedrooms. Seriously. There’s so much you can learn about a person, and where they come from, by what they keep in their bedroom….
Stopping by for the first time for the A-Z Challenge? Read a short intro to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding here! History is very important, especially in speculative fiction it is usually related to the current plot of a story. You don’t need to know every little intricacy the history of your world, but you should…
