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20455678 No.20455678 [Reply] [Original]

What’s the best way to world build the universe your stories? With concept art and drawings? Or just writing as much rough draft ideas and then applying concepts as you go?

>> No.20455681

Whatever suits the content best

>> No.20455980

The best way is whatever is most expeditious to the story, and I stress 'story' as in the 'syuzhet' or the way it is presented over the plot. It all comes down to "does adding this make the reader more involved?"
>With concept art and drawings?
That sounds like a terrible idea unless your plan is to bore the pants off your audience by stopping some epic battle scene to describe the appearance of his pleats and cuffs and the way that the sun shined off his leather boots. Such that if it was a movie it's like you freezeframed right before they clashed swords just to let the audience 'take in' the 'awesome costume design'

>> No.20456076

>>20455980

>>to bore the pants off your audience by stopping some epic battle scene to describe the appearance of his pleats and cuffs and the way that the sun shined off his leather boots.

But this technique has been widely used before to describe environment and feel as if you’re actually there. I hear what you’re saying though. Reminds of Asimov in a way. He could world build, but couldn’t write dialogue worth of shit.

>> No.20456469

>>20456076
He asked for the 'best' not for medicore, also I was attacking the idea of doing concept art as preparation for writing. If you're so aphantasmic that you can't envision your world in your mind, then I don't see how concept art is going to help them.
I'm not saying it should never be used, but is it the best: no.

>> No.20456950

Do something like what F Gardner does. He has a horror series titled Horror’s Call. He’s probably the closest thing there is to an HO Lovecraft for this generation. Horror’s Call is a series but you can read the books in basically any order you want. It’s really cool. All the books take place in Chicago and have some reoccurring characters and they have really mind blowing twists in them.

>> No.20456957

>>20456950
*HP Lovecraft

Sorry for the typo! XD

>> No.20457085

>>20455980
>unless your plan is to bore the pants off your audience by stopping some epic battle scene to describe the appearance of his pleats and cuffs and the way that the sun shined off his leather boots.
Im trying to become the DFW of high fantasy, so yeah, that sounds perfect