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Worldbuilder's Anvil

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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Mar 29, 2020

Today's Topic –  You are missing the forest and team

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Podcast Show Flow

  • This week on Worldbuilding Team
  • Worldbuilding it great
    • but we focus on the large
    • or the smaller
    • they are both to big
  • Details create the iconic love
  • Moments, connections, even phrases
  • Iconic Details that make stories memorable
    • I Am Spartacus
    • When henry meet sally, “I will have what she is having”
    • I AM YOUR FATHER
    • Birth of the Alien
    • He slimed me
    • As you wish

WBT

            Make a story with your family, or friends online

            DeScriptors, or Online Roll20 

RW  Task

Keep flatting the curve

 

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Mar 27, 2020

 

 

Today's Topic - Stop with a life you hate

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Podcast Show Flow

  • What do we consider work
  • What is not work
  • What time do you have?
  • Fear and unknown
  • What can you do to fix it
    • Talking to your boss
    • Rebalance home
    • Plan an exit
    • Leaving your Job

WBT

Build a new job for a protagonist.

RW  Task

Evaluate your work life balance, make a plan to get it to work for you.

 

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Relaxation accord

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Mar 16, 2020

Episode 317 Starting your Story

 

Today's Topic - Fill in the blank will ya!

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  • Episode 307 Story at the basics
  • Episode 301 Musings about Narrative Wisdom from Pixar
  • Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___.
  • Before the Story (BS)
  • The Incident
  • The Strike
  • The Fallout
  • The Run
  • After The Story (AS)
  • Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, BS. One day The Incident. Because of that, The Strike. Because of that, The Fallout Until finally The Run.
  • Once upon a time there was Hobbit. Every day, He was boring. One day a wizard marked his door and he leaves for an adventure with dwarfs. Because of that, the return to the kingdom under the mountain and face Smaug. Because of that, 5 armies fight and the dwarfs win. Until finally the eagles save the day and the king is force to not be a total jerk.
  • Once upon a time there was spider. Every day, it hunted and fed on villagers. One day a Greta a young village girl survival. Because of that, sacrifices her dad. Because of that, she was kick out of the village and goes on adventure with a dumb price. Until finally They defeat the spider and every loves them for some strange reason.

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Once upon a time there was spider. Every day, it hunted and fed on villagers. One day a Greta a young village girl survival. Because of that, sacrifices her dad. Because of that, she was kick out of the village and goes on adventure with a dumb price. Until finally They defeat the spider and every loves them for some strange reason.

 

RW  Task

Get fresh air

 

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Mar 9, 2020

Today's Topic – Our Magic overlord. Clark Rowenson

When he is not winning awards as an author Naval Veteran, a Chemical Engineer by day, dark overlord of magic by night. We are pleased to introduce you to the magic man himself C. R. Rowenson.

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Podcast Show Flow

Main Feature: (A Conversation about these topics)

  1. Tell us about your latest work?
  2. How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
  3. When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
  4. Tell a STORY about how you knew you love building worlds.
  5. What was your “I can” experience?
  6. Tell a STORY about it.
  7. Biggest achievement to date?
  8. Tell a STORY of your biggest achievement to date. 
  9. When you learned of it. 
  10. What was its impact on your progress as an author and a worldbuilder?
  11. What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
  12. Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer

Gauntlet round: (All fast answers)

  1. What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
  2. Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
  3. What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
  4. What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
  5. What tool(s) could you not work without?
  6. What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
  7. If you ended up in the (a) world you created.  What would be the first thing you would do?  (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

 

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  1. Thank you so much for letting us interviews you today.
  2. How can people learn more about you?
  3. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/crrowenson/
  4. Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/magicbuilding/

WBT

Newsletter https://crrowenson.com/newsletter-for-friends/

 

RW  Task

Newsletter https://crrowenson.com/newsletter-for-friends/

           

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Mar 2, 2020

Today's Topic - Lookout for the underdog

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  • Why Tropes are important
  • The chosen one
  • The Mentor
  • Lovable Rogue
  • Elders
  • Fish out of Water
  • Ensemble vs Pure Protagonist
  • Hybrid vs pure trope

WBT

What are your favorite characters tropes

RW  Task

What is your trope?

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