The Mythcreant Podcast 380: Factions in Fiction Factions: Not great in real life, awesome in fiction. By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and R. Christian Haining May 22, 2022May 19, 2022
Q&A: Should I Explain My Magic? Submitted by Murphie, answered by Oren Ashkenazi May 16, 2022May 12, 2022 in Worldbuilding
Q&A: How Can I Establish Measurement Units? Submitted by Evan, answered by Oren Ashkenazi May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 in Worldbuilding
Episode 377: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Civilization ended, so it's time for a robe and wizard hat. May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Svend Phillips
Episode 374: Travel Stories Is it the journey or the destination that matters? April 10, 2022April 7, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Steven
Episode 373: Speculative Westerns It can be horses or space ships, so long as someone has a duster. April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and B.A.
Q&A: Do You Need to Read the Later Books? Submitted by Kaz, answered by Oren Ashkenazi March 21, 2022March 17, 2022 in Meta, Worldbuilding
Q&A: How Do I Craft Assistive Devices for a Blind Character? Submitted by Leota, answered by Fay Onyx February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 in Social Justice, Worldbuilding
Q&A: How Much Can I Change Vampires? Submitted by Laura, answered by Oren Ashkenazi February 7, 2022February 3, 2022 in Worldbuilding
Episode 365: Time Travel Revisited We have to go back! February 6, 2022February 3, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Steven
Q&A: Can I Use Christianity In My Urban Fantasy? Submitted by Ze, answered by Oren Ashkenazi January 31, 2022January 27, 2022 in Social Justice, Worldbuilding
Building Roshar: How Sanderson Bungled Culture The world of The Way of Kings has intriguing storms and bizarre gender roles. January 22, 2022January 20, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 361: Ghosts! Let's play Ghost or No Ghost. January 9, 2022January 7, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Emma Riley
Five Unnecessary World Additions in Popular Stories It would have been so easy to take these out, and yet here we are. January 1, 2022January 2, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Building the Raksura: How Martha Wells Fell Into Toxic Tropes Good intent won't erase the harm of baking bigotry into your worldbuilding. December 18, 2021December 28, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 357: Sources of Magic Where does the magic of a podcast come from? December 12, 2021December 9, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and B.A.
Building Three Parts Dead: How Gladstone Writes Magic Law Anyone familiar with D&D’s Eberron setting will immediately recognize Alt Coulumb. December 4, 2021December 2, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Q&A: How Can I Portray Nature Spirits in an Industrialized Setting? Submitted by Carbon1, answered by Oren Ashkenazi November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 in Worldbuilding
Q&A: How Should I Handle Languages in My Scifi Setting? Submitted by Adam, answered by Oren Ashkenazi November 15, 2021November 11, 2021 in Worldbuilding
Episode 353: Fantasy Words Readers have a surprisingly small amount of attention span to learn new words. November 14, 2021November 17, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
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