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AUDIOBOOK

On Writing and Worldbuilding, Volume I

Timothy Hickson
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Duration
8h 20m
Year
2020
Language
English
Publisher
Audiobooks Unleashed

About

Writing advice tends to be full of 'rules' and 'tips' which are either too broad to be helpful or outright wrong. In On Writing and Worldbuilding, we will discuss specific and applicable ideas to consider, from effective methods of delivering exposition and foreshadowing, to how communication, commerce, and control play into the fall of an empire.

ON WRITING

• Part I: Prologues
• Part II: The First Chapter
• Part III: The Exposition Problem
• Part IV: Foreshadowing
• Part V: Villain Motivation
• Part VI: Hero-Villain Relationships
• Part VII: Final Battles
• Part VIII: The Chosen One
• Part IX: Hard Magic Systems
• Part X: Soft Magic Systems
• Part XI: Magic Systems and Storytelling

ON WORLDBUILDING

• Part XII: Polytheistic Religions
• Part XIII: Hidden Magical Worlds
• Part XIV: How Empires Rise
• Part XV: How Empires Work
• Part XVI: How Empires Fall

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

• Part XVII: How I Plan a Novel

Dozens of sidenotes and extra thoughts on all these wonderful stories

Related Subjects

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Literary Criticism
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • General
  • Writing
  • Language Arts & Disciplines

Artists

Timothy HicksonAuthor
Larissa ThompsonReader
Merphy NapierReader