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Terms like mood, tone, aesthetic and genre get thrown around a lot when it comes to worldbuilding. Whether you're creating a setting for your weekly homebrew D&D game, or for a fantasy novel, these are all valuable tools in your storyteller's kit to create the reader or player experience.
Janet sat down with Peter Chiykowski, of @RockPaperCynic and @StoryEngineDeck to talk about MOOD VS TONE.
🤔 What do they mean?
🥊What's the difference?
🖌️And how do you create one or the other of them?
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Grab your fedora and whip, and let's get crackin' ... it's ADVENTURE APRIL! This month, the World Anvil community will be writing either a ONE-SHOT or a SHORT STORY on the theme of "adventure"! Learn more here: https://wanvil.com/adventureapril24
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Places you should add to your little town/city in your fantasy world!!
Post offices. Wild, I know. But give me the unhinged kind. Pingeons and little postal dragons all over the place. You enter. The most disgusting smell fucking assaults your nostrils. You know what it is. Letter in hand, you go up to the counter. The postal worker is just a slightly bigger pigeon. You shed a tear.
PLAYGROUNDS!! Create the most dangerous kinds of playgrounds, the ones suburban moms would TRIP if they ever saw one. Monkey bars that are way too tall, swings that go full circle... The metal slide stays the same, it's already painful enough.
PARKS!! MAKE IT ALIVE!! Show people going on walks, reading beneath trees. C'mon most of them are already hundred years old (And are going to die after that CR 15 creature wrecks the town) anyways!! Show couples and picnics, show a family enjoying the sunday, give me someone picking flowers for their loved ones.
A bakery! Do you know how much these places are underrated? And do you know how much plot potential they have? Every good story starts with food poisoning or granny's recipe! Give me a place your players/readers are going to treat like home and, for once, it's not a tavern or a guild.
Government buildings! Give me a town hall that has a kilometric line in front of it. Give me a registry that is as old as this town. Give me police stations! Give me courtrooms! Make one of your players get arrested and now all of the party has to go through burocracy like a bunch of normal people!
(Who am I kidding? You don't need to make them get arrested. They are going to do that for you.)
Touristic attractions! Give me a full-on statue of the country's leader! Give me museums! Give me streets, ruins and whatnot that attract thousands of tourists everyday! Give me an annoying city guide that tries to get the party's attention everytime!
Magazine stands! Magazines don't exist? Newspaper stands! From the Queen's Journal to the most questionable new piece of Fox's Tailtracker, you have it all! Make your players doubt what's actually happening, sprinkle a little fake news... Or is it fake at all?
...Toy stores. OK HEAR ME OUT. Make magic toys; miniature skyships that actually fly, metal toy dragons that expel fire, little wands that make little light spells, wooden creatures that can move and make noises... Make children happy! And your players too because they will waste their money on these stuff.
Instrument store!! Make your bards happy with special instruments or just weird ones! Give me a battle in one of those that is just filled with funny noises and the worst battle soundtrack ever!!
Not exactly a place but... Cleaning carts!!! Show me people cleaning the streets, picking up the trash, cutting trees!! Make the town look clean!! Give me an old man that is really proud of his work!!!
(or ways to make your players feel even worse when the villain destroys the town later on :) )
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Don't worry - be Mappy! Our interactive maps have JUST gotten an upgrade. Same great features, now quicker, easier and more streamlined.
For those already familiar with Interactive Maps, you'll find everything familiar! What's changed is the speed and ease of use of creation on interactive maps, particularly when creating new pins.
It's faster than ever to populate a map with your worldbuilding goodness!
Check out the guide in the LEARN section! https://www.worldanvil.com/learn/map-making/maps
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Enter the Cabinet of Curiosities! For this chill challenge, fill out the Item template with an object sparked by one of these prompts... GAMEMASTERS - create cool treasure for your party. WRITERS - It's a MacGuffin-palooza! Full details ➡️ https://wanvil.com/curiosities
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We’ve overhauled the Timelines feature and created something really special.
✅Create events & eras super fast
✅Advanced filtering
✅More customization
Full details HERE 📷 https://wanvil.com/timelines-redefined
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🪄It's no illusion spell - World Anvil has a
brand new interface...and it's JUST hit your account!
Our new UI is leaner, quicker, and mobile-friendly.
We’ve even added a few extra quality of life features.
But nothing's moved - you'll find everything where you
expect it to be.
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Writer’s block can strike at any time during the writer’s journey. Guest writer Joe Sidery of ProWritingAid breaks down why that can be a good thing - and how to get the words flowing again.
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Fantasy & Sci-Fi writers: what can you do to make your work feel more “upmarket” – and is that even a good idea? Grab your fanciest pens, as we learn how to recognize & write upmarket fiction...
#amwriting#writing#worldbuilding#writeblr#upmarket fiction#writing advice#publishing terms#speculative fiction
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You won’t be shocked to know we think worldbuilding is pretty great. But you might be surprised that science can back this up! Research shows worldbuilding can enhance your happiness, your social life, and if you’re hoping to one day publish, it can make-or-break your product, too!
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Exploring High Fantasy
From the soaring peaks of Middle-earth to the sprawling realms of Westeros, high fantasy has been the backdrop for some of literature and cinema’s most celebrated works. Today, Janet interviews authors Autumn Birt and Jesper Schmidt from AmWritingFantasy.com! Join us as we explore the highs and lows of this enchanting genre!
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Making a Wholesome Apocalypse...
This holiday season, we’ve been highlighting some amazing work from the World Anvil community. We’re celebrating creativity & sharing inspiring articles, worlds, and ideas... like this cool interactive fiction piece!
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Join Janet and award-winning, best-selling author Laura Anne Gilman for a conversation about the amazing historical fantasy world she’s built in the Huntsmen series. What is gaslamp fantasy? And how can you create an immersive fantastical world grounded in real world history? LIVE Saturday December 2 at 12PM EST on www.twitch.tv/worldanvil
#worldbuilding#fantasy#writing#writeblr#gaslamp fantasy#historical fantasy#huntsman series#uncanny vows#uncanny times
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Writing a gripping fantasy novel requires careful planning, skillful execution, and a deep understanding of the genre. By following these tips, you can write your fantasy book with confidence!
https://blog.worldanvil.com/writing-advice/write-fantasy-book-7-tips-for-a-spellbinding-novel/
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