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Do you have visions of fantasy world’s dancing through your head? Are you a gamemaster that wants to tell stories in your world? Are you a fiction writer who wants you next setting to be your best? Do you want to understand how fantasy worlds are made? Then this is the podcast for you. You are hereby invited! To join me on an epic adventure to explore topics on my worldbuilding podcast. Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at midnight Eastern standard time. These shows will be specific topic about worldbuilding for 10-20 minutes.
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Aug 27, 2017

Today's Topic Writing about polarizing topics in the age of the internet

Watching the current political and cultural issues can be scary for people considering sharing stories or their creativity. Listen to the episode to get our take on the issues that are most likely to caused polarized reactions from people who read you’re your stories. However, here is a few ideas that you need to understand

Give understanding to people who are upset by your art.

You should put your words, feelings, and emotions into your story. It will make it better.  But keep these ideas in mind.

  • Don’t just do it to be a jerk
  • Do not react to negative criticism
  • Research topics, do not rely on your gut to get the topics right
  • Be understanding to people who are upset
  • Stand by your art!

Wait! How do I stand by my art if I am not supposed to react?????

When someone attacks you or your art. Do Not react, but you can respond. Do not let your initial emotions, rule your response. If you get into areas that are polarizing. Even if you did not understand it would be a problem.  Look through the criticism to make sure there is nothing that could help you in the future. Respond with what your intention was with your logic not in emotions to the criticism(s).

I would respond to legit criticism. However, some of the people criticizing might also just be looking for attention or trolling you. Pay attention to the actual arguments! Learn what you can and understand that some people will be offended and allow them their feelings. Avoid response to people who do not care about discussing the topics.

The most important thing to remember!  

The world is very connected. If your book or art is noticed, expect it to get criticism. Especially with polarizing issues. We should stand by our art, but learn and improve going into the future.

Even if our argument is valid does not make it correct for all people in all circumstances.  And sometimes we can be wrong in at least part of our ideas. Sometimes we are right, other times we are wrong, and worse of all we might not even understand something is a problem.

If we are wrong, owe it and grow from it. Understand that people will be offended before you start and even if we change going into the future does not make the art we have done wrong. It is fiction.

Finally, I will be the first person to call fiction lying. It does resemble reality.  And as long as humans are imperfect, our ideas and art will be flawed as well. So love your art, and understand what it is. Your art.

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The bigger benefit for me was increased focus.  It was another major issue of mine.  However, that is a story for a different day.

Get the stories and hear the tips in this episode of the Worldbuilder’s Anvil Podcast

Listen to Michael and I as we go into this critical topic.

Podcast Show Flow

  • Before we start
    • No judgments from WBA, JUST A WARNING
    • Doesn’t matter what side you take
    • Nothing wrong with doing them
    • Closer they resemble the issue on earth the more tension that you might receive
    • Might or might not hurt sales, but can take up lots of your time when talking about your work
    • Might or might not ever be detected
    • Consider someone will be offended even if you avoid these topics
  • Covering highly polarized issues (Current or Classical)
    • Environment
    • Abortion
    • Civil Rights (Race or Gender)
    • Political ideologies
    • Media
    • Health care systems
    • Pro / Anti War
    • Government control
    • Economic systems
    • Cultural Appropriation
    • Slavery
    • Colonization / Imperialism
    • Genocide
    • Rape
  • We are not saying don’t do it
    • Don’t do it because you want attention
    • Don’t do it because you think it will help sales
    • Do what you feel is right for the art, just do it with eyes wide open
    • Do not be afraid to write characters that struggle with these issues

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The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Look at your WIP and identify areas that might

The Real-world Task for the Day

Check out the great courses on the Apocryphal Jesus

 

Michael's Resources

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Ready Player One

Glitch

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Aug 20, 2017

Today's Topic Look at fun with time travel in story telling

Just when you think you fixed it, Michael and Jeffery break the timeline again. How can you deal with two fiends that are so icky! Learn about using time travel to add some juice to your fictional world. However, maybe you already have.  If so join us again!

It might be your past, but it is our future.

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The bigger benefit for me was increased focus.  It was another major issue of mine.  However, that is a story for a different day.

Get the stories and hear the tips in this episode of the Worldbuilder’s Anvil Podcast

Listen to Michael and I as we go into this fun topic, again for the first time.

Podcast Show Flow

  • Know the rules of time travel
    • What directions? Both
    • Do you travel into the future?
    • What are the cost and risks?
      • Can time travel break other rules in your world?
    • Are there paradoxes?
      • What are they?
    • Is there something that protects the timeline?
    • What allows time travel?
    • Is there a present?
    • What is the experience like?
    • Does technology grow in a linear direction?
  • Our Favorites

 

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The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Write a short story including time travel in your world. Blow up the world for bonus points

The Real-world Task for the Day

Build a Delorean Chevy Vega Time Travel Machine

 

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Aug 13, 2017

Today's Topic The Background for a fun game and deeper character development

Michael steps up again and tries to torture another player character.  We will work to develop a fun and action based adventure. We will explore the world of Gardul and have some fun in this new WBA game.

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Help out an indie game designer Matthew Bannock check out his game DeScriptors and donate the help him keep up the good work  

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Listen to Michael and I as prepare for a new game to share.

Podcast Show Flow

  • Setting Gardul (Time frame of the steward’s son)
  • Wine Steward 124, 127, 134, 141, 151, 155
    • DeScriptors – Tabletop Roleplaying game
    • Testing location
  • Basic setting
  • GURPS 4th Edition Not the full version, we will use GURPS Ultra-lite
  • Not Testing -> focus story, character and some summer fun
  • Traveling
  • Time of character
  • Character Development
    • Name: ??
    • Male: Doing it
    • Magic Item
    • Dexterity focused
    • Poor foresight
    • Street Contacts
    • “Good” Friend street urchin “Greg”
    • 17 Age and roommate
    • “Flop” BnB
    • Enemy see below
    • Lean strong
    • Family??
    • Family resembles his father, father unknown maybe noble
    • Opportunist greed
  • Shared Setting development
    • Villain form Episode 100: Am I evil?
    • Story Theft of object leads to very simple leads to story of fleeing

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The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Choose a place and story in your world that you could play a fun game in

The Real-world Task for the Day

Consider how you can use stories from your world in your life

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Episode 124: The Pregame show http://gardul.com/blog/episode-124-pregame-show/

Episode 127: Wine, Dine, and Testing Time http://gardul.com/blog/episode-127-wine-dine-testing-time/

Episode 134 Enter the Wine Steward Session 2 http://gardul.com/blog/episode-134-enter-wine-steward-session-2/

Episode 141 Enter the Wine Steward Session 3 http://gardul.com/blog/episode-141-enter-wine-steward-session-3/

Episode 151 Enter the Wine Steward Session 4 http://gardul.com/blog/151-enter-wine-steward-session-4/

Episode 155 The Fate of the Wine Steward http://gardul.com/blog/episode-155-fate-wine-steward/

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Aug 6, 2017

Question from Charles L. in the Facebook Undercroft Group Let to this great topic.

  1. I have characters - detailed, fun, and ready to go to work in my story
  2. I have a setting - A vibrant world of myth and monsters
  3. I have ... scenes ... maybe ... but, here is my empty spot - I have no story.
  4. Does anyone have advice on how to get my people doing things in my world? Why can I not get a plot outlined?

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The bigger benefit for me was increased focus.  It was another major issue of mine.  However, that is a story for a different day.

Get the stories and hear the tips in this episode of the Worldbuilder’s Anvil Podcast

Listen to Michael and I as we go into this critical topic.

Podcast Show Flow

  • Our lies
    • I have never written fictional stories
    • My stories are no good
    • Who am I
    • Let me learn about …
    • My world is not ready
    • After this next level
    • I need to wash my hair
  • Ask yourself
    • Is this something you really need to do?
    • Would you want to do it if no one ever read it? If you knew it was never going to be published
    • Writer’s write. Write first draft stories until you have one that speaks to you
  • F Tactics, F acts just tell a story
    • Start with 2 characters,
    • A conflict
    • Write out a resolution to the conflict
    • You are done! You have a story
  • Read the story
    • Edit it, make notes on what you think it is missing
    • Fill in the holes
  • Share the story with a friend like Michael. Someone who will not BS you.
    • Have them give you feedback
    • Add in more words, add in more
    • Edit it
  • You have now written a story that will start to resemble a finished story! (a couple of drafts done)

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The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Write a first draft story, ignore word count, ignore

2 characters, one area for setting

The Real-world Task for the Day

Go back to episode 142 turn story into a long form story idea

 

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