16.44: World and Character Part 1: All Your Characters Are Biased
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler
The world of your book is most often shown to us through the eyes of the characters who live in that world. In this episode we discuss the fact that those characters have biases which will distort the reader’s perception of the world. Knowing this, we can use it to our advantage.
Credits: This episode was recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.
Homework: Take a favorite story and re-imagine it from a different POV (e.g. Harry Potter as told from the POV of the Minister of Magic.) What are the different worldbuilding needs?
Thing of the week: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping, by Matthew Salesses.
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