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Tips for World Building in Fantasy Fiction 05-09-2024
May 10, 2024 · 58 min
In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites master storyteller David Sovine, writing as Louis Sauvain, to join her in revealing strategies and tips to create fantasy books and market them. He views his writing and books as a relief and escape from the breaking news of everyday life. He's the author of the Amazon bestselling College of Sorcerers trilogy and is currently rolling out the Tower of Cin trilogy with his latest book, Book 4: Thaddeous and the Ancient One to be followed this Fall by Thaddeous and the Emperor. Your takeaways include: • Strategies to develop world building. • What exactly is “world building”? • How does pure fiction fantasy cross over historical happenings? • Creation of characters and conflicts. • Why a buddy or sidekick enhances the storyline. • How characters can guide your writing. • Inclusion of maps … should you? And, of course, much more. Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast ranked in the top 10 of book marketing podcasts. Since its inception, over 16,000,000 listeners have downloaded various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.