Worldbuilding for Masochists
worldbuildingformasochists
A podcast by three fantasy authors who love to overcomplicate their writing lives and want to help you do the same.
Episodes
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Aug 7, 2019 • 54min
Episode 4: Civilization and You! (with guest star Fonda Lee!)
This week we are joined by the amazing author Fonda Lee to talk about the basics of creating civilizations for your fantasy world!
Read the transcript here!
Check out the map here!
Jul 24, 2019 • 1h
Episode 3: As Narrated by David Attenborough
We're talking about building flora and fauna for the world! Come get some biomes!
Transcript available here.
Jul 10, 2019 • 53min
Episode 2: Terra Firma and the Firmament
On today's episode, we're talking about drawing maps and creating solar systems, and we begin to build our very own world from the... ahem... ground up. ;)
Transcript for Episode 2
[Note, November 2022: The links mentioned in this podcast are, alas! lost to the vagaries of time. We apologize for any inconvenience.]
Jun 26, 2019 • 47min
Episode 1: Playing God In Your Spare Time
Welcome to the premiere of Worldbuilding for Masochists, a new podcast that is exactly what it says on the tin! Today we try valiantly to answer the question, "Gosh... when it comes to worldbuilding, where do you even start?"
Transcription:
The transcript for this episode can be found here. Huge thanks to our scribal team!
