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(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Like sculpture — but unlike what I’ll be talking about next week — painting, in the broad sense of “color applied to a flat surface,” goes back a long way … Continue reading
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(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Thanks in part to the use of materials that often preserve well in an archaeological context, sculpture and carving are one of the earliest art forms we have evidence for. … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Spoiler: I’m not going to definitively answer the question in the title by the end of this essay. Humans have been debating this question for an extremely long time — … Continue reading
New Worlds, Year Two: More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding by Marie Brennan Explore a world of your own . . . Science fiction and fantasy are renowned for immersing their readers in rich, inventive settings. In this follow-up … Continue reading
So you’ve put together this lovely, complex, detailed world. How do you convey it all to the reader, without infodumping? … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) “Reduce, reuse, recycle” may be a new phrase, but it isn’t a new idea. Before the advent of mechanized manufacturing, the vast majority of people had a lot less stuff, … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Fiction doesn’t generally spend a lot of time on what characters do in the restroom. I’m all in favor of this: a few years ago I read a bestselling fantasy … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Historical cities were hideous, open sewers, their streets clogged with human and animal filth. . . . or were they? Two groups of people would have you believe that’s true: … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series. And many thanks to my faithful patrons, who have funded two years of New Worlds: with this, we embark upon Year Three! Look for the ebook collection of Year Two … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) After the wedding comes the honeymoon . . . maybe. Unlike many things I discuss in this series, where I talk about how the idea or the practice is older … Continue reading