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On Writing and Worldbuilding by Timothy Hickson
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On Writing and Worldbuilding

Volume I

$14.26

Length 8 hours 20 minutes
Language English
Narrators Larissa Thompson & Merphy Napier

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Summary

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



EXCLUSIVE CONTENT



Part XVII: How I Plan a Novel



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

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