Nate Smith
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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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Interview: Creating An Anthology For Your World With Joshua Palmatier From Zombies Need Brains
Have you ever dreamed of inviting other authors to write a story in your world? Sure, most authors are busy writing their own novel, and novels take TIIMMEEE! But what about a short story? A…
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Grid Worldbuilding: An experiment in designing your world like a video game.
You can learn a lot from video games. Especially the way some RPG games build their open sandbox worlds – which has inspired me to run a worldbuilding experiment. Even if you have no interest in…
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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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Author Websites: Building A Book Platform You Control
Creating a book is hard work… …getting that book into the hands of readers is even harder. That is, if you haven’t already built an audience who know, like and trust you. “Whatever you want…
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