L. E. Morgan
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R.M. Archer:
Do you ever *not* worldbuild so solidly? Like if you maybe want to write only one or two things in a world and thus don't want to spend loads of time on it? How do you know where to stop?
R.M. Archer
I don't put as much time into worldbuilding for things like (standalone) short stories. Because I love worldbuilding so much, novel-length works tend to lead to more extensive worlds later on, lol. But some projects definitely get more worldbuilding beforehand than others, and it really just depends on how much I need for the project (which I'll be writing a blog post about shortly) and how much I like the world for its own sake.
Making a world feel dynamic without spending a whole lot of time on it—whether for a short project or a first draft or whatever the case may be—is something I cover in The Worldbuilding Toolbox, too!
Making a world feel dynamic without spending a whole lot of time on it—whether for a short project or a first draft or whatever the case may be—is something I cover in The Worldbuilding Toolbox, too!
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