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Worldbuilding 104: Real and Alien Parasites
Worldbuilding, Biology Vivian Sayan 04/08/2024 Worldbuilding, Biology Vivian Sayan 04/08/2024

Worldbuilding 104: Real and Alien Parasites

In today's blogpost, I discuss parasites: what they are, their role in nature, and possible ways to use them in fiction.

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Worldbuilding 203: Cosmic distances
Worldbuilding, Physics Vivian Sayan 21/07/2024 Worldbuilding, Physics Vivian Sayan 21/07/2024

Worldbuilding 203: Cosmic distances

In today's blogpost, I go through how big space is - it is enormously huge! With that size comes some common mistakes that I'll help you avoid.

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Worldbuilding & Writing 105: Propaganda
Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 23/06/2024 Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 23/06/2024

Worldbuilding & Writing 105: Propaganda

Today's topic is propaganda and how it can be used in both worldbuilding and writing.

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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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Worldbuilding 202: Socialism
Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 28/04/2024 Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 28/04/2024

Worldbuilding 202: Socialism

In today's blogpost, I discuss socialism and how it is often misunderstood, going through several options one can choose to make their own socialisms.

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Worldbuilding and Writing 202: Bigotry
Worldbuilding, Writing, Culture Vivian Sayan 14/04/2024 Worldbuilding, Writing, Culture Vivian Sayan 14/04/2024

Worldbuilding and Writing 202: Bigotry

In today's post, Anne and I discuss bigotry in terms of worldbuilding and how to write about it without endorsing it.

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Worldbuilding 205: Winners write history
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 07/04/2024 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 07/04/2024

Worldbuilding 205: Winners write history

In today's blogpost, I examine the old saying, “History is written by the winners,” and dismantle it to reveal the truth.

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Worldbuilding 201 Spirituality & Religion
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 31/03/2024 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 31/03/2024

Worldbuilding 201 Spirituality & Religion

In today's post, I discuss spirituality and religion along with the basis for making your own.

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Worldbuilding 201: Colonization
Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 24/03/2024 Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 24/03/2024

Worldbuilding 201: Colonization

In today's post, I discuss how and why colonisation has come about historically and how you can use it in worldbuilding.

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Worldbuilding 203: Energy and Power
Worldbuilding, Physics Vivian Sayan 03/03/2024 Worldbuilding, Physics Vivian Sayan 03/03/2024

Worldbuilding 203: Energy and Power

Today's blogpost is about energy and power, including how they work and what they can do, plus how to make up new fictional ones.

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Worldbuilding 302: Corruption
Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 28/01/2024 Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 28/01/2024

Worldbuilding 302: Corruption

In this post, I talk about corruption in broad strokes: how it works, and how it can even be useful to some degree.

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Worldbuilding 104: Rules for Rulers
Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 21/01/2024 Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 21/01/2024

Worldbuilding 104: Rules for Rulers

In this post, I discuss the rules that apply to rulers, their importance in maintaining power, and how to break them to overturn the current ruler.

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Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Speeches
Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 14/01/2024 Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 14/01/2024

Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Speeches

Anne Winchell and I talk about how to do speeches, what makes them work, and what makes them fall short.

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Worldbuilding Omega-2023
Worldbuilding, Practicum, Species Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 01/01/2024 Worldbuilding, Practicum, Species Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 01/01/2024

Worldbuilding Omega-2023

The year has come to an end and this is the last post of 2023! A little surprise lies within.

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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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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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Worldbuilding 202: The Big Lie (of society)
Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 26/11/2023 Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 26/11/2023

Worldbuilding 202: The Big Lie (of society)

Today’s discussion is all about what I call “the Big Lie” which is inherent to all societies and is fundamental to their function.

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Worldbuilding 205: Food and cooking
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 19/11/2023 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 19/11/2023

Worldbuilding 205: Food and cooking

I discuss the basics of food and its role in society, and how you can do even more in alien settings.

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