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World Building – Weather
There’s a hurricane heading for us. As we fill bathtubs and pack our emergency supplies and test-run the generator, it made me wonder if I use weather enough in my stories. I mean, these events have real consequences in real lives. Why wouldn’t that be true in fiction as well? How I Use Weather Now…
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World Building: Traditions
World building is one of the most important aspects of crafting a good story, regardless of the genre: A contemporary story presents a world the audience is quite familiar with. That doesn’t mean the author is off the hook. Even in a modern setting in a native country, there will be lots of elements that…