Aug 31, 2008
World building month comes to a close…
Well, that was fun!
All in all a fascinating experience, everyone came up with interesting settings, but now the hard part starts for many of us: writing exciting stories that take place into those worlds…
And that all comes down to storytelling, of course, a skill very different from world building. Building an original world is already hard, but building an original story, that’s a tough one. A quote attributed to Jorge Luis Borges (rightly or not) says that there are only four stories to be told: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power, and a journey. Every story falls within those conveniently wide categories.
Which one will your story be? Mine will definitely be under the “Journey” category, with a dash of power and a slice of love trhouwn in for good measure…
I look forward to read the stories we get from all our worlds… 
Well I am a world-builder, not a writer, so don’t expect fiction from me.
Oddly, despite the kind of gravitas world I created, I think mine will be one of love primarily, power and the journey of both.
I’m keeping you on my blogroll though, I want to see where RttOE goes.
Well, I’m not really planning on publishing my stories here… I might be putting snippets once in a while, though, just so you don’t lose interest…
No, no. Whatever you do, don’t publish anything but snippets here – I merely meant in the means of being kept in the know on how it’s going.
Have fun now.