028 - Worldbuilding course week 2

Episode 28 Show Notes

Release Date: 3rd of April 2019

SHOW SUMMARY

Episode 27 Competition winner announced

Topic of the week: Week 2 of World Building Course Gifted by Sue-Ellen Pashley

Episode 29 Competition opened.

Buffy Night: Legacies Season 1

EPISODE 27 COMPETITION CLOSED

Thanks go out to Sue-Ellen Pashley for allowing one of her books to be raffled off on the Show.

Congratulations Garry!

I look forward to hearing Garry's review of the book soon.

If you missed your chance to win a free copy of Streamer but would still like to read the book

you can get more information from Sue-Ellen's Website. http://www.sueellenpashley.com/

How can you disappear, only to appear in a new location, and not know how it happens?

NOTES

Added course Dianna is completing http://writepublishsell.co/

The concepts that I had to consider for the course were, Foundational questions to think about.

Readers only see a small percentage of the story, this is information to keep in the back pocket.

Time
- What year? more relavent for paranormal, contemporary or historical.
- What season and how many seasons does the story cover?
Physical Setting (Big Setting)
- What country/state/territory/town?
Population, Language
- How many people and are there any genders/religions/nationalities that are more proniment/discriminated against.
- Languages
- Custom and cultures of the different people.
Families and education
- what does the average family look like?
- Do people tend to marry for love or other reasons?
- what do school kids look like?
Food, celebration, art a
- What do they actually celebrate?
- What is important to the society?
- How do people entertain themselves?
- What do children want to be when they grow up?
Transport Law order and governance
- What system of government? Do they spy on people.
Work, Housing
- Are there laws in place to protect workers?
- What does the average house look like?
- Health systems?
Conflict and religion
- How peaceful? When was the last war?
- What is the prominent religion?

Sue-Ellen's contact - http://www.sueellenpashley.com/

BUFFY NIGHT

Legacies series 1

There is a diverse cast of characters in this series and it is ideal if you have watched the previous two shows (The vampire diaries and the originals) before watching this one but it does hold as a stand alone very well. One of the main characters, Hope Michaelson is a tribrid, witch, were and vampire.

Now the vampires in this universe cannot go into the daylight unless they have a daylight ring, the were's are forced to change on the full moon and witches channel their powers through different means depending on the type of witch that they are. I like that there are some solid rules to start with, but those rules can always be bent, or in some cases broken completely.

The story is set in a supernatural school in mystic falls. As this is a whole series there are episodes that they play on the interaction between the supers and the normal kids at the local high school and with the community as a whole but the series is centered on the kids within the school the teachers and principal.

The overarching story line is artfully threaded throughout the story and well executed at in the last 2 episodes.

I really enjoyed it and give it 4 and a half stakes definitely worth the watch.

Episode 29 Competition

Donna Maree Hanson is a traditionally and independently published author of fantasy, science fiction and horror. She also writes paranormal romance under a pseudonym. Her grim dark series, Dragon Wine, was originally published by Momentum Books (Pan Macmillan’s digital imprint). After Momentum shut its doors, Donna published the whole series. In April 2015, she was awarded the A. Bertram Chandler Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Australian Science Fiction’ for her work in running science fiction conventions, publishing and broader SF community contribution. In 2016, Donna commenced her PhD researching Feminism in Popular Romance at the University of Canberra. Donna lives in Canberra with her partner and fellow writer Matthew Farrer.

Links

Website: http://donnamareehanson.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DonnaMareeHanson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonnaMHanson

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