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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…
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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…
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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…
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NASA needs your help to search for Habitable Worlds
I had written an article about magic to go out this week however when Jeno told me about this online course from NASA and The Arizona State University I quickly swapped the publishing calendar as…
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Share Your World With Us
The World Builders Guild has opened up a “Writers Corner” on DeviantART and so I’m inviting you to submit articles about your own world to this new gallery. If you’re a novelist or story writer…
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How Big Can You Build Your World In 1 Life Time?
The role of a great world builder is to create an environment that encourages conflict, because conflict is essential to a great story. Though conflict doesn’t have to mean violence. If you build a world…