Episode Nineteen: World Building that Grows with You
World building is one of the most magical parts of writing. Especially when that world grows right alongside you. In Episode Nineteen of Writer Groupie Podcast, I’m talking about how your fictional worlds can evolve as your storytelling deepens. When I first started writing The Magik Scarf, I thought I was building a small corner of the world. A farm, a forest, and a whisper of Magik. I was the one whispering. You IDIOT! The more I wrote, the larger Daegries became. New characters stepped into view (so many that book three has a CAST OF CHARACTERS LIST!) hidden realms
Inspired Writing
Inspired writing begins when an author sees, hears, or experiences something that must be explored. I can only speak for myself, but I will examine something or take a photo or video of it in order to pursue that inspiration. Case in point: these images from my recent trip during the holidays. These images play a big part in a scene I wrote in my new book for the World of Daegries series. (And by the way, I will be updating the word counter on the front page soon!) Sometimes it can be a snippet of a conversation or a
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