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Worldbuilding 203: Organs and Body Structures
Worldbuilding, Biology Vivian Sayan 23/02/2025 Worldbuilding, Biology Vivian Sayan 23/02/2025

Worldbuilding 203: Organs and Body Structures

In today’s blogpost, I discuss organs, what they are and their purposes, to give ideas for how to make your own alien or fantasy ones.

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Worldbuilding 201: Geography
Worldbuilding, Geography Vivian Sayan 01/12/2024 Worldbuilding, Geography Vivian Sayan 01/12/2024

Worldbuilding 201: Geography

In today's blogpost, we introduce geography and try to disentangle all its many meanings.

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Worldbuilding 203: Voting Systems
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 03/11/2024 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 03/11/2024

Worldbuilding 203: Voting Systems

In today’s election special blogpost, we are taking a look into voting systems: what systems exist, and what can be done with them?

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Worldbuilding 201: Creating Advanced Technology
Worldbuilding, Technology Vivian Sayan 15/09/2024 Worldbuilding, Technology Vivian Sayan 15/09/2024

Worldbuilding 201: Creating Advanced Technology

In today's blogpost, I discuss what technology is, what makes technology advanced, and what strategies you can use to create your own technologies.

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Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Games
Worldbuilding, Writing, Games Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/08/2024 Worldbuilding, Writing, Games Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/08/2024

Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Games

In today's blogpost, Anne and I discuss games: what they are and how to incorporate them into your world and your writing!

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Writing 301: News Writing
Writing, News Anne Winchell 18/08/2024 Writing, News Anne Winchell 18/08/2024

Writing 301: News Writing

Extra! Extra! In today's blogpost, Anne Winchell breaks down the news: how to write it and how to include it in your stories. Read all about it!

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Conlanging 101: An introduction
Conlanging, Language Vivian Sayan 14/07/2024 Conlanging, Language Vivian Sayan 14/07/2024

Conlanging 101: An introduction

In today's blogpost, I start a new series about conlanging, or creating constructed languages. What are all the steps? They are many, so let's get started!

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Character 104: Defining your Character
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 09/06/2024 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 09/06/2024

Character 104: Defining your Character

In this week’s blogpost, Anne and I continue our exploration of building characters by looking at various strategies to define your characters.

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Worldbuilding 202: Law and Order
Worldbuilding, Legal Vivian Sayan 02/06/2024 Worldbuilding, Legal Vivian Sayan 02/06/2024

Worldbuilding 202: Law and Order

In today's blogpost, I discuss the basics of laws and their infrastructure.

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Worldbuilding 201: Taxes & Modern Monetary Theory
Worldbuilding, Economy Vivian Sayan 26/05/2024 Worldbuilding, Economy Vivian Sayan 26/05/2024

Worldbuilding 201: Taxes & Modern Monetary Theory

In today's blogpost, I discuss modern monetary theory and why many writers mistake how states and money interact in modern and post modern societies.

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Worldbuilding 202: AI and Worldbuilding
Worldbuilding, Culture, Language Vivian Sayan 12/05/2024 Worldbuilding, Culture, Language Vivian Sayan 12/05/2024

Worldbuilding 202: AI and Worldbuilding

Today’s blogpost is about AI: what is is, how it works, and how to use it for worldbuilding.

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Writing 201: Humour
Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 05/05/2024 Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 05/05/2024

Writing 201: Humour

In today's blogpost, Anne and I discuss humor: what it is, why it exists, how to use it in writing, plus we give descriptions of a variety of different types.

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Writing 105: Genre
Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 17/03/2024 Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 17/03/2024

Writing 105: Genre

Anne and I categorize various writing genres and the promises they make.

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Character 103: Trauma and Edumucation
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/02/2024 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/02/2024

Character 103: Trauma and Edumucation

Anne and I talk about how education and trauma play important roles in how a character becomes who they are.

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Writing 101: The 10 Rules of Writing, Part 2
Writing, Advice Anne Winchell 11/02/2024 Writing, Advice Anne Winchell 11/02/2024

Writing 101: The 10 Rules of Writing, Part 2

Anne Winchell gives the second half of her rules of writing, focusing on advice and encouragement for writers.

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Writing 101: The 10 Rules of Writing, Part 1
Writing, Advice Anne Winchell 04/02/2024 Writing, Advice Anne Winchell 04/02/2024

Writing 101: The 10 Rules of Writing, Part 1

Anne Winchell gives the first half of her rules of writing, focusing on practical advice about storytelling and craft.

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Worldbuilding 201: Holidays
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 24/12/2023 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 24/12/2023

Worldbuilding 201: Holidays

I discuss holidays in broad strokes to help you know what to think about when you worldbuild

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Character 101: Character Flavours
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 17/12/2023 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 17/12/2023

Character 101: Character Flavours

Anne Winchell and I discuss how to make a well-rounded character using flavours as a metaphor.

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Writing 201: Conveying Without Saying
Writing, Character Anne Winchell 10/12/2023 Writing, Character Anne Winchell 10/12/2023

Writing 201: Conveying Without Saying

Anne Winchell has a discussion about how to show emotions rather than telling them.

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Worldbuilding 102: Economic Trade
Worldbuilding, Economy Vivian Sayan 03/12/2023 Worldbuilding, Economy Vivian Sayan 03/12/2023

Worldbuilding 102: Economic Trade

In this blogpost, I discuss how trade works on a basic level.

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