How to build a fictional world - Kate Messner
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Why is J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy so compelling? How about The Matrix or Harry Potter?
What makes these disparate worlds come alive are clear, consistent
rules for how people, societies -- and even the laws of physics --
function in these fictional universes. Author Kate Messner offers a few
tricks for you, too, to create a world worth exploring in your own
words.
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