Tag: Worldbuilding
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Building Antarctica 2: Birth of Governments and Economies
Welcome back to my series about worldbuilding Antarctica! This is a series where I discuss behind-the-scenes worldbuilding details about my series Post-Third Apocalypse (PTA). In my previous article, I discussed the inspiration for PTA and also my purposes for including the three different apocalypses that shook the world. Of course, being a (former) political science…
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Building Antarctica 1: Inspiration and the Apocalypses
In my most recent article, I promised to share how the concept of neomedievalism influenced the worldbuilding of my middle-grade adventure series Post-Third Apocalypse (PTA). But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that writing that article would be like dumping my reader into the middle of a book with no context.…
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Where Does the Power Come From? Of Churches and States and Worldbuilding Sovereignty
Who has the power? When writing political intrigue—whether set in this world, a fantasy world, or a science fiction universe—this is the first question you have to be able to answer. Who has the power—and where does that power come from? In this post, I’m going to be looking specifically at one potential source for…
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Review: Battle Tactics in Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings
If you’ve read my previous article on battlefield tactics, you’ve probably realized by now that I just can’t leave the topic alone. So here’s another article on battlefield tactics – but this time I want to talk about tactics done right. I first read Brandon Sanderson’s Way of Kings last summer (along with the other…
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How to Write Compelling Battlefield Tactics: 3 Things to Consider Before Your Characters Grab Their Swords
You know how you have a couple topics that you’ll pick apart when you see other writers writing them wrong? Me. This topic. I’ve seen too many writers consider battle just to be a huge clash between opposing forces and not consider even the tiniest little bit battlefield tactics and strategy. Now, I’m not a…
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Inspiration For Authors #1: Crinoids
Have you ever run into something so cool that you just had to scream about it and/or include it in one of your stories? That’s essentially what this “inspiration” thread is for. Don’t mind me as I geek out😊 My first post is on crinoids! You might know them better as sea lilies (photo above),…
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Author is Always Right: Own Your Story’s Worldbuilding
May 19, 2022 Look around. Have you ever noticed how much of a crazily interconnected world we live in? We live in a world where, if you over fish, then the orcas eat the sea otters. Without the sea otters, the sea urchins multiply. The sea urchins eat the kelp forests. And as the kelp…