Fantasy, world-building and the rules of magic.

[dmacabre]

grace_draven (the author of Master of Crows) has a guest post up on The Bookpushers blog: A God with Clay Feet - World Building and how Dungeons and Dragons taught me about keepin’ it real. It's an interesting discussion about keeping your world both fantastical and grounded in reality

Comments

[milliebee]

That was an interesting article. :) Most of the people in my class are fantasy writers, so this one's worth passing on, I think!

[dmacabre]

I thought it was particularly interesting because it came from a more methodical D&D perspective of world-building and characterization. It's not a background I have, but I can see why it'd be helpful in developing a mental checklist of things to remember while writing or developing a character.

And there's obviously something to it, because Grace has a gift for making her characters feel very real and easy to relate to. :)