Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Worldbuilding 101 with bestselling author Martha Wells. During the episode, Martha unravels the intricacies of worldbuilding, including what it means, why well-crafted worlds are important for stories, first steps for worldbuilding, research vs. creativity, keeping track of details, how to convey information through description, avoiding infodumping, drawing maps, naming shit and more.
NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chat with Martha. Click ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ to check out part one:
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0:00 - Intro
2:11 - What does worldbuilding mean?
6:33 - Why well-crafted worlds are important
13:58 - First steps for worldbuilding
18:59 - Research vs. creativity
22:22 - Keeping track of details (and drawing maps)
26:55 - Worldbuilding in sci-fi vs. fantasy
31:21 - Exposition and description
40:33 - Favorite/least favorite parts of worldbuilding
44:41 - Worldbuilding terminology
47:16 - Tip for improving your worldbuilding
50:08 - Outro
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Martha Wells is a bestselling/award-winning SFF author whose works include The Murderbot Diaries, The Books of the Raksura series, The Death of the Necromancer, the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy and much more. Her newest release is Witch King, which is available now via Tor Books:
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ABOUT OUR HOSTS:
Adrian M. Gibson is a podcaster, writer and illustrator, and is currently working on his debut novel.
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M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves, her debut novel, which you can buy here:
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The sequel, Thick As Thieves, releases on July 25 and is available to preorder ⁠here⁠:
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