Introduction to Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
How to Build a Second-World?
A course by Andrea Chapela , Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
Joined November 2020
Joined November 2020
About the video: How to Build a Second-World?
Overview
“I have talked too much, now it's time to get your hands dirty and actually build a world. You will learn two different methods to world build and I’ll walk you through the process I used to figure out the world of my own project: The Grey Quarter. ”
In this video lesson Andrea Chapela addresses the topic: How to Build a Second-World?, 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
“The whole unit, we've been talking about various different aspects of worldbuilding. but it's come the time where we are going into a nitty-gritty and take a look at two examples. In the first one, we'll loosely follow some of the questions that N.K. Jameson uses when she teaches how to do a top-down approach. I really like her approach because it helps people to create worlds that are distinct and not based on any patterns from our world or other secondary worlds. By this I mean that the world you come up with won't be white and medieval. So to do a top-down approach. Let's go over the ste...”
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Andrea Chapela
A course by Andrea Chapela
Andrea Chapela is a Mexican science fiction and fantasy writer, and author of the fantasy tetralogy Vâudïz (La heredera, El creador, La cuentista and El cuento). She studied Chemistry at UNAM, and has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Iowa. Andrea has also written the essay collection Grados de miopía, and the short story collections Un año de servicio a la habitación and Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio.
She is the recipient of numerous awards like the National Gilberto Owen Literature Prize for Stories in 2018, the National Juan José Arreola Literature Prize in 2019, and the National Joven José Luis Martínez Essay Prize in 2019. She has been a FONCA scholar twice (2016-2017 for stories and 2019-2020 for novels) and a scholar at the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Currently, she teaches workshops, language classes, and contributes to magazines like Este País, Literal Magazine, Vaso Cósmico, and Tierra Adentro.
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