Author of adventure/thriller and horror fiction

  • Home
  • The Blog
  • Email List/Contact
  • Interviews
  • Apocalyptic
  • Horror
  • Military Thriller
  • Sci-fi/Fantasy
  • All books

World Building

December 25, 2013 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Today, I’m posting a link to brilliant article by io9.com about world building in speculative fiction. Even during the apocalypse, people will still need to brush their teeth and take care of other basic needs. The real world is messy, complicated and diverse. Fictional worlds should be equally rich and complex. The more real the setting, the more fantastic yet believable will be the speculative elements that populate it.

Check it out here.

Filed Under: Writing/Publishing

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories

  • APOCALYPTIC/HORROR
    • Apocalyptic
    • Art
    • Film Shorts/TV
    • Movies
    • Music Videos
    • Reviews of Other Books
    • Weird/Funny
    • Zombies
  • COMICS
    • Comic Books
  • CRAIG'S WORK
    • Armor Series
    • Aviator Series
    • Crash Dive Series
    • Djinn
    • Episode Thirteen
    • How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive
    • My Ex, The Antichrist
    • One of Us
    • Our War
    • Q.R.F.
    • Strike
    • Suffer the Children
    • The Alchemists
    • The Children of Red Peak
    • The End of the Road
    • The Final Cut
    • The Front
    • The Infection
    • The Killing Floor
    • The Retreat Series
    • The Thin White Line
    • Tooth and Nail
  • GAMES
    • Video & Board Games
  • HISTORY
    • Other History
    • Submarines & WW2
  • MEDIA YOU MIGHT LIKE
    • Books
    • Film Shorts
    • Interesting Art
    • Movies & TV
    • Music
  • POLITICAL
    • Politics
  • SCIENCE
    • Cool Science
  • The Blog
  • WRITING LIFE
    • Craig at Work
    • Interviews with Craig
    • Reader Mail
    • Writing/Publishing

Copyright © 2023 · Author Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in