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Worldbuilding, Part 3: Religion and Mythology

March 12, 2012 – 22:00

I’ve always loved reading about ancient mythologies, and creating religions and mythologies of my own is probably my favorite part of worldbuilding.  However, like government and social structure, mythology and religion are very complicated, and very easy to do wrong.  I still remember the time several years ago, when I was first starting to write … Read more

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Worldbuilding, Part 2: Government and Society

January 31, 2012 – 17:40

In my last post on worldbuilding, I only talked about the basics.  In this post, I’ll go into more detail on a few aspects of worldbuilding, mainly government and social structure.

The most important part of creating realistic societies in a fantasy world is, in my opinion, research.  You can … Read more

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Basics of Worldbuilding

January 2, 2012 – 17:29

All stories happen somewhere.  Whether your story is highly advanced sci-fi, sword and sorcery fantasy, urban fantasy, or any of the other many subgenres of speculative fiction, chances are you’ll have to do at least a bit of worldbuilding.  How much worldbuilding you do depends on the story, how long it is, and where the … Read more

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