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On Writing and Worldbuilding: Volume 1: Volume I

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4.8

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8H 20min
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Writing advice tends to be full of 'rules' and 'tips' which are either too broad to be helpful or outright wrong. In On Writing and World building, we will discuss specific and applicable ideas to consider, from effective methods of delivering exposition and foreshadowing, to how communication, commerce, and control play into the fall of an empire.

ON WRITING

Part I: Prologues Part II: The First Chapter Part III: The Exposition Problem Part IV: Foreshadowing Part V: Villain Motivation Part VI: Hero-Villain Relationships Part VII: Final Battles Part VIII: The Chosen One Part IX: Hard Magic Systems Part X: Soft Magic Systems Part XI: Magic Systems and Storytelling

ON WORLDBUILDING

Part XII: Polytheistic Religions Part XIII: Hidden Magical Worlds Part XIV: How Empires Rise Part XV: How Empires Work Part XVI: How Empires Fall

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Part XVII: How I Plan a Novel

Dozens of side notes and extra thoughts on all these wonderful stories

© 2020 Audiobooks Unleashed (Audiobook): 9781953250728

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Audiobook: 5 October 2020

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