Worldbuilding and Writing 202: Bigotry
In today's post, Anne and I discuss bigotry in terms of worldbuilding and how to write about it without endorsing it.
Worldbuilding 201 Spirituality & Religion
In today's post, I discuss spirituality and religion along with the basis for making your own.
Worldbuilding 104: Rules for Rulers
In this post, I discuss the rules that apply to rulers, their importance in maintaining power, and how to break them to overturn the current ruler.
Worldbuilding 201: Holidays
I discuss holidays in broad strokes to help you know what to think about when you worldbuild
Worldbuilding 202: The Big Lie (of society)
Today’s discussion is all about what I call “the Big Lie” which is inherent to all societies and is fundamental to their function.
Worldbuilding 205: Food and cooking
I discuss the basics of food and its role in society, and how you can do even more in alien settings.
Practicum: Turning Unethical Animal Traditions Ethical
Anne Winchell and I talk about how to turn bullfighting into an ethical practice in a scifi setting.
Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Scary stories
I talk about how scary stories can be used to enhance worldbuilding and writing in and of itself, and Anne provides an amazing example.
Worldbuilding 205: Alien Queerness
I discuss a bit on how one can add new kinds of queerness when reproductive systems change.
Worldbuilding 201: Introducing Death
I introduce death as a concept in worldbuilding and how many things affect people and their relationship to death.
Worldbuilding 201: Aquatic civilisations
Discussion about underwater civilisation. They are fascinating but rarely done in any meaningful and interesting way. So let’s try making them interesting!
Worldbuilding 102: Illnesses and Diseases
A discussion about illnesses and diseases that do exist and can be used for inspiration for fictional ones to spice up the world.
Worldbuilding 102: Slavery
A discussion about slavery as a thing in worlds and why it has existed and why it continues.
Worldbuilding 101: Currency
A quick discussion on what currencies are, what they have to do and examples through history.