tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post5146565675132126000..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: It's Their World: World Building From the Ground UpJanice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-17190396343341461482016-11-01T11:53:19.760-04:002016-11-01T11:53:19.760-04:00Excellent post: stories spontaneously start to eru...Excellent post: stories spontaneously start to erupt from the questions themselves.Frederick Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13099758297292556680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-83300099087178440022011-10-11T17:48:44.417-04:002011-10-11T17:48:44.417-04:00Great post, great questions! Definitely bookmarkin...Great post, great questions! Definitely bookmarking this one :)Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726678438584115062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-33188237772927821002011-09-29T08:50:40.104-04:002011-09-29T08:50:40.104-04:00Paul, magic mechanics has got to be one of the tou...Paul, magic mechanics has got to be one of the tougher aspects of fantasy. If it's normal, characters won't think about it (like we don't think about how technology works, we just use it). <br /><br />Jennifer, I try to use just enough to get the idea across and let the reader picture it from there.Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-29564162992411463622011-09-27T07:37:49.169-04:002011-09-27T07:37:49.169-04:00I normally come up with a rough idea of how my wor...I normally come up with a rough idea of how my worlds work before starting. Then I try to see how much of that I can show in the first draft. When I'm editing, a lot will be taken out because it's just not relevant.<br /><br />In my first book, I never even go into much detail about how magic works. My protagonist doesn't use it, so what's more important is what is done with magic, rather than the mechanics.Paul Anthony Shortthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-83175492163779676542011-09-26T13:29:22.469-04:002011-09-26T13:29:22.469-04:00I love how tiny details (like having mango rice fo...I love how tiny details (like having mango rice for lunch) can tell you buckets about the world. As readers, we pick up on these. I think there can also be the problem of worldbuilding poorly, though. I read a book once where the author smashed a tropical lowland within a day's walk of the climate equivalent of Scandanavia. I kept looking and hoping there'd be some kind of magical explanation.MKHutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715686902529938959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-26516000440850984912011-09-26T10:17:21.051-04:002011-09-26T10:17:21.051-04:00Good post! When I write the rough draft, I tend to...Good post! When I write the rough draft, I tend to put everything about my world in there. Later on when I revise, I know what stays, what needs to be worded differently and what needs to just be cut altogether. But I so desperately want to put EVERYthing in there! lolMel Chesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200734886454147170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-28327371663731450242010-03-23T13:00:41.412-04:002010-03-23T13:00:41.412-04:00Ooo! I like the 'normal day' thing. :-) ...Ooo! I like the 'normal day' thing. :-) And this is loose enough that it might actually work for me to organize my world and characters.<br /><br />As an example of an innocuous way that religion can cause conflict: in my UF, the narrator's Christian and is haunted by "Thou shalt not lie" every time she realizes she's obfuscating.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time and effort to give such good advice!Carradeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-88857291987535260032010-03-23T09:19:23.745-04:002010-03-23T09:19:23.745-04:00Such an awesome post!! I can't wait for tomorr...Such an awesome post!! I can't wait for tomorrows! This is such great information! Right at the time I'm needing it as well!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667521490706435608noreply@blogger.com