Category: Notes on Worldbuilding Series
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Notes on Worldbuilding, Part 2: Why?
From here on, science fiction is going to be the primary focus, so when I say "worldbuilding" just assume it's SF. And, yes, I'm eventually getting to the nuts and bolts, but I think it's important to understand what we're doing and why, before we get to the how. Why? The first thing to keep…
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Notes on Worldbuilding, Part 1: Real and Not-Real Worlds
A couple of years ago I taught a class via Zoom for the Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop, on science fiction worldbuilding. Now I've decided to write up and expand my notes for that course and post that all here in a series of blog posts. My ultimate goal is to keep adding to this series…
