The Gazetteer Writer's Manual: Creating Travel Guides to Fictional Worlds

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Deborah Teramis Christian, Bruce A Heard: The Gazetteer Writer's Manual: Creating Travel Guides to Fictional Worlds (2013, Storybones Publishing)

Published Feb. 16, 2013 by Storybones Publishing.

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Here's an outstanding guide to documenting your fictional world. If you've ever wanted to share your world with readers, gamers, fellow writers, or collaborators on creative projects, this book is for you. While old-fashioned gazetteers just described physical places, the best ones covered culture, economies, and more. We take that approach here, to help you flesh out your setting and present it in a way that entices your audience into it. The Gazetteer Writer's Manual answers questions like these:

  • I still need to develop parts of my world so I can present the right info to my readers. What should I be working on?
  • How do I organize all my world building stuff so it makes sense to readers (and myself)?
  • How do I present my material in a way that’s easy for people to get into?
  • Players never read the background info I give them about my game world. …

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