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, 2021July 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
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, 2021July 25, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Episode 351: Magic Items in a Magic System What if you put a spell... in an item? October 31, 2021July 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Building a Sea of Stars: How Paolini Undercooked His Setting What happens when you throw together tropes from popular worlds. October 30, 2021October 27, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
How to Create a Mysterious Atmosphere Unless you use restraint with fantastical elements, you'll lose the aura of mystery. October 15, 2021May 28, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Worldbuilding
Q&A: How Do I Make My Story’s Elemental Powers Feel Natural? Submitted by Atlas, answered by Chris Winkle October 11, 2021October 7, 2021 in Worldbuilding
Five Stories That Break Their World’s Theme Worlds that feel slapdash make suspension of disbelief harder to achieve. October 9, 2021October 7, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Q&A: Do I Need Religion in My Fantasy World? Submitted by Adam, answered by Oren Ashkenazi October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 in Worldbuilding
How to Create an Elemental Magic System While it's easy to make these systems rational, a flawed set of elements will ruin the effect. September 24, 2021September 23, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Worldbuilding
Episode 345: Witches Let the season of witchery begin! September 19, 2021September 29, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Svend Phillips
Building Mass Effect: How Bioware Imagines the Future Whatever the Reapers are working toward, it must be big! September 11, 2021September 9, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 343: Giants What’s 20-feet tall, lives in the clouds, and can smell your nationality? September 5, 2021July 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Episode 342: Divine Magic If you’re out of spellbooks and fancy crystals, try praying to some powerful wizards. August 29, 2021September 29, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, Chris Winkle, and Svend Phillips
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