Questions tagged [advice]
Identifies Meta posts that seek to provide general insight into the process of worldbuilding specifically from the perspective of Stack Exchange. Answers are expected to enlighten readers about the identified issue either pro or con with the goal of helping readers be better worldbuilders and/or better users of this Stack.
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Advice: Worldbuilding Parsimony
Ever since the movie Interstellar and the TV show The Expanse worldbuilders have been on a nearly non-stop quest for the most realistic fantasy worlds possible. This frequently leads to silly ...
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Advice: What is Worldbuilding?
The official statement about worldbuilding in the Help Center is this:
Worldbuilding Stack Exchange is a site for designers, writers, artists, gamers and enthusiasts to get help creating imaginary ...
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Advice: real facts vs. worldbuilding rules
There is a LOT of information in the world and unlike the days of yore, it's available instantly. Most of that information is good. Some of it is bad. Some of it is really bad. But even if we only ...
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Advice: Prohibiting a branch of science in my world
A recent question asked what weapons a society would use if magic (specifically a mage) could stop the ignition of gunpowder and similar explosives. It was a different spin on a popular type of ...
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Advice to Querents asking "is X plausible or realistic?"
A July 2022 renovation of the reality-check tag and others has changed the context of this question. It is now obsolete. Please see the following question and the link under "Conclusion." If ...
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When and how to challenge the back story?
I was in the middle of answering this newly asked question when it was deleted by the author. It had been up for 30 minutes.
I can't read the OP's mind, but I suspect the question was closed because ...
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What is "narrative necessity" and how does it apply to worldbuilding?
As a loose continuation of How best to deal with "what are you expecting?" questions, I believe many new authors don't understand the function of Narrative Necessity in their writing and how ...
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A proposal for helping users understand frame challenges
Frame challenges have long been considered acceptable here at worldbuilding.SE However, I believe many users don't understand what a frame challenge is or how to appropriate present a challenge as a ...
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