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

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How to Write a John Cleaver's Story

One of the world building details that I completely made up late is how the monsters work in the John Cleaver's story. Like I personally didn't even know how it worked until book four. And so that is something that I had to make up throughout the series. You need to show that it's cold, not just tall, you need a character therefore who is doing this thing. It's like they all have wrist warmers.

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