World building -
Let us start off when world building starts to kill your storyline.
Bottom line from the video - keep a clear line between them and us. Know who you are. Note most of the 'Anatomy of a Failure' advice is broken by Game of Thrones. This had made me rethink the early part of the Intro to Rise of the Cyborgs. I wanted it to be an ensemble movie. Like Game of Thrones. I wanted a world in disorder - not plucky girl over throws bad guy. I wanted the interludes to be like short stories. They build up ( hopefully quickly ) to let you see a character you never get to meet.
RK: I didn't use this in cyborg's pet. We have been complimented on our world building in Pet. We did make things consistent and never used something which hadn't been weakly introduced.
You don't want to break disbelief. You have spent so long building it.
Bottom line - the plot drives the world. On the other side we don't spend much time on descriptions on Pet -
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THE NATURAL WORLD
Stars, suns, moons, and planets
Oceans and/or major bodies of water
Mountains, woods, and/or other prominent features of the landscape
Common plants
Rare plants
Poisonous and/or medicinal plants
Common animals/creatures
Rare animals/creatures
LOCATIONS
Natural formations
Monuments
Government buildings/castles
Train stations/airports/subways/launch pads/highways
Shops/stores
Houses/apartments
Countries/states/cities/planets
TRAVEL
Restrictions on travel
Dangerous locations
Luxury/vacation locations
Immigration/emigration
Travel times between locations
Common methods of travel
Affordability of travel
ARCHITECTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE
Common building materials
Expensive building materials
Appearance and layout of typical houses
Appearance and layout of expensive houses
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Notes on Writing Science Fiction
Non-FictionThis is notebook on writing. Mostly for my own use. Currently mostly videos
