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19.25: From the Classroom to the Page
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19.24: An Interview on Worldbuilding with Arkady Martine
We’ve spent the last month talking about “A Memory Called Empire, and now, we are so excited to welcome the author, Arkady Martine, to the show! On today’s episode,...
19.23: Tying It All Together (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
Today, the gang talks about their final thoughts on Martine’s “A Memory Called Empire.” We conclude with some lessons we’ve learned through analyzing her work, and we share our...
19.22: Technology and Identity (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
The imago technology lies at the heart of this novel thematically and narratively. How does this technology create a world, delineate Mahit’s culture from Teixcalaan, and ask enormous questions...
19.21: Language as a Tool (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
What cultural and worldbuilding information is embedded within the smallest of word choices? Today, we dive into three specific sections from throughout Martine’s “A Memory Called Empire”: the word...
19.20: How to Make Worlds Feel Big Without Overwhelming the Reader (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding: Focusing on Scale)
How do you use language and scale to focus your writing? Today, we think about scale and movement across vast spaces. What do characters’ movements tell us about empires...
19.19: A Close Reading on Worldbuilding: An Overview and why A Memory Called Empire
Why is worldbuilding is essential in your writing? Today, we answer this question and dive into some working definitions of how we want to talk about it. After the...
19.18: How to Build Fictional Economies
Sometimes we know the action and themes of your story, but you don’t know how to build an economy that supports those. Well today, we explain just how to...
19.17: Novellas the Goldilocks of Publishing
How do you find the right size for your story? And speaking of size, what do novellas do differently than both short stories and novels? What even is the...