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World-Building from the Inside Out

By: Janeen Ippolito
Narrated by: Kevin Gisi
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Go to the heart of your world and build it well!

Memorable world-building enhances story, attracts readers and listeners, and sells books and audiobooks! Find the core of your science fiction or fantasy people and instill your narrative with universal themes and concepts derived from real-world cultures.

  • Explore different religions and governments with concise entries that include ideas for plot and character development
  • Develop key aspects of your society without getting caught up in unnecessary details
  • Learn how the deeper effects of appearance and location can enhance your narrative

World-Building from the Inside Out challenges you to go deep and build fantastical worlds that truly bring your story to life!

©2015 Janeen Ippolito (P)2018 Janeen Ippolito Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing Fiction

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Thinking twice about spending one Credit on a short audio book, this one is a keeper.

Listen to it with pen and paper ready, and be prepared to pause the audio book for taking notes. The audio book is sort of a list, but narrated in a pleasant and thought provoking way.

With a current novel you are working on, the discussed aspects of world building will trigger your imagination and understanding of the true, inner workings of your novel's world.

Would appreciate a book about character building by the same author.

Helpful and Thought Provoking

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Good advice mostly, however some parts were slightly obvious. Good, enthusiastic narrator, easy to follow.

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I went with this book because it had some good reviews, but this is all very basic stuff. Good questions perhaps, but something not worth paying for when you could get the same from just googling.

I was hoping for some exploratory exercises and more detailed description of systems as they can work within stories, but it was all superficial.

It also felt that it came from a very American, able-bodied, view of the world. Not so much so that I can criticise it heavily for that, as it didn’t go into too much depth, but it did feel there was an undercurrent of limitation, which for a book about exploring world systems, is a flaw worth noting.

Overall, probably not worth the money or the credit

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