Today's Topic – Let’s Play DeScriptors to test our Fantasy World.
So, we have made it to the third session of the play session for Michael. So far, I have focused on making him have a bad day. He is target. His wine stash, and private stash for the duke has been stolen. His house wine has been ruined. He is out of wine and all while the duke is about to arrive to make a special visit to one of his smaller castles.
Nerves are already high amongst the servants since the Duke is supposed to make an announcement. And the servants are worried that the change is coming. They understand that the strategic importance of the castle has faded.
We will start with by dealing with the mysterious old man, Marion, and his goat bride. However, danger will be on the rise. The mysterious villain will arrive soon. What is his plan? Check out as Michael learns his options are narrowing and his time is running out.
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Podcast Show Flow
- DeScriptors
- Elements Testing
- Qïmi (Kemi)
- Taurqïmi
- Duke Aziniter, lord of Mellnaras, warden of Kleinphar
- Mystery villain
- Scene(s)
- In Search of a Groom
- A touching goat wedding
- Enter the Bard … for real
- Protecting the Wine
- … Crap
The Worldbuilding Task for the Day
N/A
The Real World task for the day
N/A
Michael's Resources
DeScriptors, A word game micro RPG
Enter the Wine Steward Session 1
Enter the Wine Steward Session 2
Temple of Doom, Heartless Scene
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Today's Topic – Why planning a story is important before NaNoWriMo
So the plan matched the show flow, it was simple. I would go over abstractly what I look for in an outline to use for writing. It would achieve my goal about talking about outlining. It would help Michael prepare an outline for NaNoWriMo 2016.
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However, as you listen to the show you will learn that is not what we achieved in the episode. Michael and I had very different ideas of what outlining means. And Also, He had really spent most of his initial planning focused on world building, not thinking about a story.
The trap that does not kill us, makes us stronger.
I think it ended up being a great example of a risk world builders fall into. It is easy to confuse good world building with story planning. You are thinking out scenarios that could happen in your world. If you are like me, you are visualizing scenes of it playing out. Little stories that you might confuse with the story you are planning to tell in your new world. The scenes are great. However, we are still not planning the story. Now, if we are lucky we might be able to use some of those scenes in our head. But, they could be completely useless for the story we want to tell.
We did not accomplish what we thought we were going to do. However, it maybe became a better episode. It shows that as writers, we can get ahead of ourselves. We should not be afraid to take a step back to ensure we are properly prepared. And imagine if he started NaNoWriMo thinking the story was in his head. Might he have sabotaged himself before he started?
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Podcast Show Flow
- Go over the basics of what I look for in a story outline
- Cover Mission Statement for the story
- Create a story outline
- Flesh out story into chapters
- Define acts
- Add in additional chapters to balance out acts
- Add in characters need for each chapter
- Add in extras characters
- Add in location(s) for chapters
- Add in important prop(s)
The Worldbuilding Task for the Day
Create a story Outline! Okay let’s Brainstorm so we can start working on a story.
The Real World task for the day
Make sure you communicate with people to understand what is needed before you start, and do not
Michael's Resources
Episode 109 Organize your Fantasy Worldbuilding with 9 Tools
Small Biz Life Podcast Episode 28 POST-IT NOTE BRAINSTORMING
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Today's Topic – First Generation Naturalistic Fantasy World
So, we have been asking ourselves lots of questions. Enough Questions, It is time to start building. We are also not looking to build just any type of world. We want to build a naturalistic framework fantasy world.
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So the goal is not to lay out the world the way we like it. We want to set up the way we want our world to evolve. There are a few things we need to know when we are down. We need to know the major geography of the world. We need to know the temperature and rainfall patterns. We need to know where are early cultures and races exist.
Things to keep in mind for making the first generation world
The major things for climate are understanding the influence of the sun, ocean currents and air streams. We also need to know the coastline and mountains. This information will tell us where the rain goes and stops. Where the rivers start and end. We know all we need to understand the climate of our planet and where our starting cultures should go. So join Michael and We walk you through creating a first generation fantasy world.
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Podcast Show Flow
- Layout Coast
- Place your mountains
- Understand your sun and where it delivers the most heat
- Currents and winds
- Conveyor currents
- Wind Streams
- Surface currents
- Cyclone Areas
- Seasonal Variances
- Long-term variances
- Le Nino / La Nina
- Windward / Leeward side of the mountains
- Mountain Altitude
- Rivers and Lakes
- Vegetation
- Location of Proto-cultures and Races
The Worldbuilding Task for the Day
Create a first generation world
The Real World task for the day
Keep or start paying into your karmic bank for NaNoWriMo
Michael's Resources
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Today's Topic – Types of Fantasy worlds to create
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We talk about all sorts of things on the show, Zombies created by ants or defined the type of world builder you are? However, I have never really defined what types of worldbuilding projects you might create.
We look at the types of realism, either naturalistic, mosaic, or fantastic. We do not determine realism based on the level of magic that many people would. We look at the how the worlds develop.
In addition to the Level of Realism, we look at the Scale of Purpose. Are you trying to create the world that you are going to keep reusing or a world meant to tell one story? The less you plan the world, the less detail you will need to create.
Michael returns from his great orc war of I-84 and joins me as we finally look at the types of fictional worlds you create.
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Podcast Show Flow
- Level of Realism
- Naturalistic
- Mosaic
- Fantastic
- Scale of Purpose
- Framework to World for Story
The Worldbuilding Task for the Day
Determine your level Realism and your world’s
The Real World task for the day
Prepare for the New Destiny Expansion http://amzn.to/2cqmxlA
Michael's Resources
Density Rise of Iron http://amzn.to/2cqmxlA
Episode 79: Ant Zombie Over Lords http://gardul.com/blog/episode-79-ant-zombie-over-lords/
Episode 80: What Type of Worldbuilder are you? http://gardul.com/blog/episode-80-what-type-of-worldbuilder-are-you/
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