14.8: Worldbuilding Q&A #1

Published: Feb. 24, 2019, 11 p.m.

Your Hosts:\xa0Howard, Mary Robinette, Dan, and DongWon
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\nWe invited attendees at WXR 2018 to ask us some general worldbuilding questions. Here's what they asked:
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\n \t* What cultural stuff do you need to know during the writing process?
\n \t* How do you treat overlaps between real-world religions and fictional religions when the fictional religions are part of the story's fundamental conflict?
\n \t* How much worldbuilding do you have figured out before you start your first draft, and how much do you discover on the fly?
\n \t* What's the point in a book beyond which you shouldn't introduce big worldbuilding elements?
\n \t* How do you ensure that the world comes through as a character of its own?
\n \t* How much change to terminology is too much?
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