And I'm willing to bet those teenagers look back fondly on those classes! I still think about with appreciation and joy on my creative writing teacher from high school.
There are some TTRPGs that start kind of like this - building the world together around the premise. It’s really magical when a group gets over that early awkwardness and gets invested. Sounds like a great classroom exercise, too!
Love the emphasis you put on world-building, it is also very important for us fantasy writers to remember this, and to just take the plunge. Thanks for writing this excellent article!
You're right about doing the background research. It helps not only if you're doing a speculative fiction version of a past universe, but definitely if you're writing historical fiction about that place.
This sits well with "do the weirdest thing that feels right." Be weird and wacky because words are cheap. Go wild, make sense of it later.
Absolutely! Those weird, wild ideas are often the most fun and probably what sets your story apart.
Oh I love this, I want to try it!
And I'm willing to bet those teenagers look back fondly on those classes! I still think about with appreciation and joy on my creative writing teacher from high school.
I hope so! They were fun to do.
There are some TTRPGs that start kind of like this - building the world together around the premise. It’s really magical when a group gets over that early awkwardness and gets invested. Sounds like a great classroom exercise, too!
Love the emphasis you put on world-building, it is also very important for us fantasy writers to remember this, and to just take the plunge. Thanks for writing this excellent article!
Cool idea. I may try something like that but with horror concepts instead of SFF ones.
Yeah, absolutely! I think it works for any genre, honestly.
You're right about doing the background research. It helps not only if you're doing a speculative fiction version of a past universe, but definitely if you're writing historical fiction about that place.
Yeah, definitely. This is why I think more writers should read history.