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

Writing Excuses

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The Importance of Restrictions in World Building

There's an adage that the game designer, the head designer of Magic of the Gathering Uses, which is Restrictions breed creativity. And I think a lot of times people are afraid that their world building is going to have holes, but you're going to inevitably have holes in your world building. So learning how to take that and kind of role with it can often lead to stronger and more interesting storytelling later on.

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