Re: Peter M's approach to worldbuilding

From: Argrath@aol.com
Date: Mon 20 Nov 1995 - 20:23:17 EET


In V2 #222, Peter M. writes:

>We make up details of the KoW, stealing examples from RW history and
>tailoring it up to fit in with the Big Picture ('The KoW is a cross
>between the Ottoman Army and the Beauty and Terror of the One Ring').
>When I have sufficient details, _then_ I begin to wonder what happened
>in the past ...

That's one way. The other way is to start with the past and see how you can
manage to get to a known endpoint. In practice, most people do a little of
both.

Other, less temperate comments of Peter's have been addressed by private
e-mail, as they should be.

- --Martin

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