Patrick Jan Van Hove

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World building month comes to a close…

In Uncategorized on August 31, 2008 at 9:46 am

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… :)