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14.01: Worldbuilding Begins! Up Front, or On the Fly?

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The Importance of World Building

I world build until I have reached an interesting question. For a given story arc. An interesting question, an interesting character twist,. something that I feel like I could explore for an entire book. And then I begin outlining the story. Usually within the outline process, I'll realize, oh, I need to answer some more questions. With Schlock Mercenary, I am often appending to the world building, adding politics or whatever.

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