00:00 Presentations
4:45 Why do we need to stop worldbuilding?
11:30 What worldbuilding elements should be on the page?
22:12 What tricks create the illusion of deep worldbuilding without too much detail?
33:06 Tips for gradually guiding readers through a complex environment
44:18 To prologue or not to prologue?
️Speakers:
John Joseph Adams is the editor of the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series and the editor of more than thirty anthologies, such as Wastelands, Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms, and Epic: Legends of Fantasy. He is also the editor (and publisher) of the Hugo Award-winning Lightspeed magazine, and publisher of its sister magazines Nightmare and Fantasy. Dubbed “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, John is a two-time Hugo Award winner and eight-time World Fantasy Award finalist.
CL Clark is a BFA award-winning editor and the Nebula-nominated author of The Unbroken, the first in the Magic of the Lost trilogy, several short stories, and a few essays. When she's not imagining the fall of empires, she tries not to throw her kettlebells through walls.
Chris Fox is the Amazon bestselling author of The Magitech Chronicles, Shattered Gods, and The Dark Lord Bert. He loves role-playing games and is very proud to have one printed, all to impress a girl, now his wife and mother of his son.
Jason Sizemore is the owner and editor-in-chief of Apex Magazine and Apex Books. He has been nominated for several Hugo Awards for his editing work. Her most recent anthologies include DO NOT GO QUIETLY: STORIES OF RESISTANCE and APEX MAGAZINE: 2021.
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