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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Hello friends!.Those are cool indeed. Hippo's for me. Just a cool and cute looking animal with a temper. And the worldbuilding idea sounds great! -
Prince of Spires replied to the thread Trialectic?.For me a story always starts with an idea. A story seed which gets stuck in my brain and makes me want to tell that story. And this...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread How do you handle near-analogues in your world building?.The easiest way to frame this for myself is to view the author as a translator / interpreter. You get told this story by one of the...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Discovery mapping.I have to ask, why 1384? What happens then (either before or after) that it deserved this map now hanging on your wall? (genuinly...
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Queshire replied to the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett....I don't know. A 'lack of imagination' strikes me as an accurate enough description for those people that'd rather bitch about a work... -
Touching My Unbroken Forest From tree to tree I open to the deep wild, As I lay gently on the damp grass of my forest. As my own clouds... -
pmmg replied to the thread Hello All,.Howdy Hunter, Welcome here. Where did you here we had a rep for deep worldbuilding? -
skip.knox replied to the thread Discovery mapping.All problems are absurd right up until you solve them. Some people do start with the map. I wish them well; they go by paths I cannot... -
skip.knox replied to the thread How do you handle near-analogues in your world building?.First, keep in mind that what is familiar to one reader may not be to another. There is no way for you to know what are the expectations...
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skip.knox replied to the thread How about one more thread about maps?.You did say website. I don't think there's anything for e-books, but for html I entered this as a search string: a widget or embed that...
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skip.knox replied to the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett....>Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one. Too facile for my taste. Seems to me all stories require imagination, both to...
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Hhunterjwizzard replied to the thread How about one more thread about maps?.What I really want is one of those click drag and zoom things for my book website. But I do not know to code.
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TThinkerX replied to the thread How about one more thread about maps?.I went with multiple naps for the big picture, which covers about a third of the northern hemisphere.
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HNew user, sorry if this violates some rule. Didn't want to hijack the other threads. I was curious if anyone has a good way to present...
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Hhunterjwizzard replied to the thread Discovery mapping.Tolkien said to draw the map first, then write the story to fit the map. Otherwise you can end up with absurd problems.