Greetings fellow blog enthusiasts and welcome to this special edition of The World Building School. My name is Simon Provencher and Nate was kind enough to allow me to make a guest post here in order to share some of my experiences relating to the creating fictional worlds. More specifically, I wanted to take a […]
Mass Effect: Bending Your Own Rule Is Ok – BUT DON’T BREAK IT!
The recent magic articles on Sanderson’s First and Second law has brought up a number of interesting discussions about internal-consistency and learning how to bend the rules we have created as writers without losing the trust or acceptance of our readers. When you bend your own rules in an acceptable way cool things can happen […]
Sanderson’s Second Law Of Magic – The Power Of Limitations.
This article follows on from the article “Have You Mastered The First Law Of Magic?” Sanderson’s Second Law Of Magic “Limitations > Powers” Brandon Sanderson, 2011 Essentially this law is saying that adding limitations to your magic system are what will make it both interesting and memorable in your readers mind. They force your characters […]
Have You Mastered The First Law Of Magic?
Welcome my dear Witches, Wizards, Warlocks and all you other magic folk sat in the rafters. Today’s lesson is the most fundamental lesson you need in order to use magic in your story world. Sanderson’s First Law Of Magic “An author’s ability to solve conflict with magic is DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to how well the reader […]
