Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy

Overview

“Let’s start by defining what worldbuilding is and how it can help you tell better stories. Worldbuilding might seem like a term that only applies to speculative fiction, but if you look closely every story has to build a world in some way. I’ll talk about the basics of worldbuilding and I’ll walk you through the world of my own story. ”

In this video lesson Andrea Chapela addresses the topic: What Is Worldbuilding?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. Discover how to develop your ideas and build literary worlds with writing structures and techniques that can transport your readers.

Partial transcription of the video

“What is Worldbuilding? In the last unit, we looked at ideas, speculative ideas, to be precise, where you can find them, how can you come up with them. We even looked at how to spin stories out of this ideas. Now that you have them, you can do two things. The steps are interchangeable and most of the time, they happen more or less at the same time. You can start by finding the story that comes out of these ideas. By this I mean you can look at setting and character and conflict. Or you could look at the world where the story is going to be set. I'm separating these steps because even though ...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 19 lessons (3h 44m)
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  Writing

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  Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing