15 Advanced Worldbuilding Techniques I Learned from Publishing 5 Novels

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00:00 - Introduction

00:21 - FIRES OF THE DEAD
00:33 - Build unique magic with limitations
04:28 - Tailor your magic to create conflict
07:19 - Create unique worlds through combination

09:10 - ACROSS THE BROKEN STARS
10:20 - Build depth with synthesis
13:51 - Adjust your world to improve your plot
15:59 - Leave some things mysterious

17:37 - THE THUNDER HEIST
18:26 - Originality comes from a fusion of curiosities
22:10 - Consider the emotion
23:57 - Use non-visual senses

26:43 - SIEGE OF TREBOULAIN
27:14 - Extend the world past your story
29:34 - Give us some rays of sunshine
31:36 - Liquid, not solid

32:44 - KINGDOM OF DRAGONS
34:01 - Use conflicting versions of history
35:43 - Use the plot to explore the world
36:41 - Enrich the background

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