S42 Bonus – When Not to Worldbuild
I’m not going to tell you how to start a bug-powered vehicle, I’m just going to put you inside one with somebody who knows how, and send you off on a ride. – Kameron Hurley
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S42E7 – Worldbuilding: Make it Accessible
Books are like mirrors: You only see in them what you already have inside you. – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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S42E6 – Worldbuilding: Make it Explorable
One reason I created a fictional world at all is so that people can visit it in their minds or think about who they would be. There’s a part in the book that’s all about writing your own story before you’re quite brave enough to live it out. – Aliza Layne
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S42E3 – Worldbuilding: Make it Small
Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better. – Ernest Hemingway
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S42E2 – Worldbuilding: Make it Personal
Your worldbuilding is unique, yes, but your characters are what will really sell your story. – Moriah Richards
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S35E4 – One Impossible Thing in Fiction
In older science fiction stories, they had to rely on storytelling as opposed to spectacle. The old run of the Twilight Zone, the star was the writing and the storytelling, and the characters and the twists and the cleverness in the setup and payoff and execution. – Josh Trank
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Worldbuilding: How to Create Realistic Fictional Cultures
It’s important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive. – Laine Taylor
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S33E2 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Your World’s History
History is made not simply with events, but by remembering those events. A double drumbeat like a heartbeat. History can be written not only with books, but with ceremonies. – Christopher Bram
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