Monday, March 3, 2014

2014 WRITE: How to build a fictional world, Kate Messner

How to build a fictional world, Kate Messner
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 Author Kate Messner offers a few tricks for you to create a world worth exploring in your own words.
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Why is J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy so compelling? How about The Matrix or Harry Potter? What makes these disparate worlds come alive are clear, consistent rules for how people, societies -- and even the laws of physics -- function in these fictional universes. Author Kate Messner offers a few tricks for you, too, to create a world worth exploring in your own words.
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Full lesson
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