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Soil📰 Article

World Building Advice and the Debate Around It

1. A Guide for Successful World-Building in Fiction — Sarah Frances Hicks (Writing Cooperative)A practical, encouraging guide framing world-building as something every novel does, not just fantasy/sci-fi — even a story set in “Kansas City, Nebraska” needs a distinct world. Argues writers should feel free to spend as much space as the story needs (citing […]

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🌱 Planted Jul 8, 2026
Soil📝 Essay

The Art of Story as Worldbuilding

This piece explores the “triumvirate” of plot, character, and setting, arguing that excellent worldbuilding forces characters to confront internal conflicts they wouldn’t face otherwise. Drives Authentic Motivation: Using examples like The Expanse, the article shows how environmental rules (like gravity physics or resource scarcity) naturally create authentic class, political, and personal friction. Prevents Shallow Narratives: […]

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🌱 Planted Jun 6, 2026