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I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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What Is World Building in Science Fiction and Fantasy?

World building is the process that you use to come up with the world to then write the story in. It's one of the things that I think makes science fiction and fantasy unique among literary forms. There are some examples of books that have been published that are basically nothing but worlds, like Silmarillion. But for the most part, people aren't able to publish their books of world building.

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