Worldbuilding | MD Presley

Apr 5

Paperback Index, Hardback, Worldbuilding Panel and Workshop

Some fun updates to alert you to. Firstly, I added an index to the back of Worldbuilding for Fantasy Fans and Authors. Why? Because I...

Feb 22

Map Infographic, New Worldbuilding Gig, and FREE Book

I've been silent a while, but have not been idle. As my last post alluded, I've been screenwriting again. Or at least should have been...

Oct 28, 2020

Outlines and Treatments: Who, What, and How

I’m currently writing my first screenplay in several years. Or, I will be writing said screenplay soon. My producers (one of which is the...

Oct 14, 2020

The Importance of Characters

A few nights ago I finished the last episode of Schitt’s Creek, a show that I loved enough that I used a scene from as my exemplar to...

Sep 3, 2020

Bottom-Up Worldbuilding Worksheet

Note: This is a counterpoint to my previous post, Top-Down Worldbuilding Worksheet. Since planners and pantsers use exceedingly different...

Sep 2, 2020

Top Down Worldbuilding Worksheet

After speaking with some readers of 101 Worldbuilding Prompts as research for my greatly expanded how-to book on fantasy worldbuilding, I...

Aug 11, 2020

Worldbuilding For Fantasy Fans And Authors

Well, it’s been a long three+ years to get to here. Or it will have been in two days when this book finally comes out. As I discuss in...

Aug 4, 2020

Fantasy Worldbuilding Survey Results (pt 2)

This is a continuation of my last post on worldbuilding survey results. As I said last time, the respondents mostly came from...

Jul 17, 2020

Fantasy Worldbuilding Survey Results

At last, the post at least three people have been waiting for (if I count myself. Twice). Time to see what all the fuss has been about as...

Jun 9, 2020

Free Book, New Book, and TV Show

What, a second blog post in as many months? It must mean something’s brewing, and indeed that’s the case. As I said last time, I have not...

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