
Writing Excuses 9.23: World Building Without Breaking Viewpoint
Writing Excuses
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How to Write a Romantic History
The number one thing I find with a young writer in my class, when their language gets stilted, and this world building is the same problem. It's because they are not properly following or expressing the motives of the characters. One of the specific questions that I ask you is what emotion does my character feel about this piece of information that I'm about to convey? Because if I can, frankly, mask it with emotion, people won't notice that I'm slipping the world building information. And if you can do this, you're going to be able to get these things across.
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