One of the great advantages of never having been taught is I don't have the voices in my head telling me I'm doing it wrong :D
I world build because I like the worlds. That is the geographer in me. I like how things fit together and how things work. There are similarities in writing historical fiction to writing fanfic - there is that same necessity to use a framework. But even my purely fantasy worlds still have a framework because I am building them on fundamental ecological principles.
That's actually the reason there is such a negative view of sci-fantasy in certain academic circles -- because a common mistake is to forget to populate the world with believable and relatable characters. And a lot of established sci-fi/fantasy writers make this mistake. That's very interesting. I have observed the snobbery about certain genres but have never seen any explanation for its origin.
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Re: Writing
Date: 2017-06-14 11:24 am (UTC)One of the great advantages of never having been taught is I don't have the voices in my head telling me I'm doing it wrong :D
I world build because I like the worlds. That is the geographer in me. I like how things fit together and how things work. There are similarities in writing historical fiction to writing fanfic - there is that same necessity to use a framework. But even my purely fantasy worlds still have a framework because I am building them on fundamental ecological principles.
That's very interesting. I have observed the snobbery about certain genres but have never seen any explanation for its origin.