https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/10/the-top-three-world-building-pitfalls-and-how-to-avoid-them/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/10/the-top-three-world-building-pitfalls-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-760958 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:28:55 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=48746#comment-760958 Great post, thanks. I agree with all that you say, or I did until recently. Re-reading Moorcock’s “Gloriana” and then Peake’s “Gormenghast” as well as Neal Stephenson’s Byzantium trilogy and Mark Hodder’s “Spring-heeled Jack” I began to understand that world building need not be elaborate (LOTR style) but only slightly removed from our own. Lol but I do enjoy the elaborate.

]]> https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/10/the-top-three-world-building-pitfalls-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-760840 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:25:29 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=48746#comment-760840 I love the TV tropes site – it is packed with insight on what people love and what has been overdone. Thanks for all this great advice, Julie! I hope everyone takes advantage of your workshop 🙂

]]> https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/10/the-top-three-world-building-pitfalls-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-760833 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:22:32 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=48746#comment-760833 Thanks for this helpful post, Julie! It took me a while to realize how important world building is in contemporary novels, too. I can’t wait to study more about tired tropes and cliches.

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