Quite the Life (and all in Times New Roman 10pt!)
When asked, “How do characters move from mundane to fantastic settings?” the correct answer is: The take the 45st L, get off at the first stop, then go left at the bottom of the stairs. By grounding the unfamiliar in the familiar. In the Harry Potter Universe, children get to Hogwarts from Platform 9 3/4 … Continue reading “World-Building – Moving from Mundane to Fantastic Settings”
[Much of this series is excerpted from a post on Phoebe Darqueling’s blog] World-building is an interesting and amusing phrase to me. I don’t think it existed as such when I started writing professionally (1970s). Perhaps people understood it without naming it as such. Consider authoring concepts such as atmosphere, character, description, dialogue, narration, pace, … Continue reading “World-Building – Getting Readers Interested in Your World”