7 Skills
The 7 Key Skills of a Great World Builder
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ClickUp: Could this project management tool be a free worldbuilding manager?
ClickUp is a project management tool I’ve used in my freelance business for the past few years. Now I’m using it as a worldbuilding tool to manage the notes and items for my world. There…
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Ancient borders: How to make travel interesting in your novel
Traveling is something that every epic fantasy novel will have to deal with. But, it’s also something not a lot of writers do well. Are you one of them? I’m sure you’ve read the kind…
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What if Disney asked you to create a worldbuilding dream team? Could you do it?
Imagine this. You’ve been called into the office of Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company. He welcomes you in, motions to a chair and then begins: “I want you to put together a…
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How to write interactive fiction.
So you want to write for video games? Or maybe you want to write an interactive ‘fighting fantasy’ novel of your own? Fantastic. This type of story writing is known as interactive fiction. There are…
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What makes an interactive narrative?
As worldbuilders it’s our job to create an environment where stories can thrive. That’s why we also add narratology to our list of key skills. Think of it as the 8th key skill. Interactivity in…
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To be an archer
After watching the British Archery team go out in the first round of the Olympics, it made me realise just how much we have fallen in the world rankings in the last seven hundred years.…