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    Worldbuilder’s Anvil

    Do you have visions of fantasy world’s dancing through your head? Are you a gamemaster that wants to tell stories in your world? Are you a fiction writer who wants your next setting to be your best?

    Do you want to build better fantasy worlds?

    Then the Worldbuilder’s Anvil podcast is for you. Learn to create the physical world, characters, cultures, kingdoms, races, species and monsters. Learn it all, with some banter to boot.

    Join Michael and Jeffery on the weekly podcast that looks at storytelling, game mastering, pop culture and life through the lens of fantasy world building. Subscribe TODAY!

    Listen to new episodes every Monday and BUILD BETTER FANTASY WORLDS.

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    Episode 51: Interview With J.S. Morin Apr 18, 2015
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    Interview: J.S. Morin

    JS Morin by night dreams elaborate dreams of visiting fanciful worlds, performing acts of heroism, and solving intriguing puzzles, which inspire him to craft stories. Jeff also possesses one of the most intriguing and dangerous blogs for worldbuilders and fantasy lovers on the internet. Amongst his works, He has written the Twinborn Trilogy, The Mad Tinker Chronicles, and the Black Ocean Mission's. The He latest book is Black Ocean Mission 3: Poets and Piracy.

    1. Introduction
    2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
    3. Tell us about your latest work.
    4. How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
    5. When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
    6. Biggest achievement to date?
    7. What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
    8. Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer
    Gauntlet round
    1. What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
    2. Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
    3. What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
    4. What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
    5. What tool(s) could you not work without?
    6. What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
    7. If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

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    For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

    Episode 50: The Roadmap for the Worldbuilder's Anvil Apr 17, 2015
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    Today's Topic - The Roadmap for the Worldbuilder's Anvil

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    • Thank you so much for listening to the first 50 episodes.
    • We shall always have a focus on the worldbuilding moving into the future.
    • Monday Episode types
      • #Storytelling episodes
      • Random questions I want to answer about Worldbuilding,RPGs, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Storytelling, or Gardul
        • Questions from newsletters subscribers
        • Questions from twitter or social media
        • Questions I have and will pretend like someone has asked me
    • Worldbuilder's Wednesday Focused discussions on worldbuilding topics
    • Friday Episode Types
      • Flash fiction Friday
      • World Explorer
      • What's Around the corner?
    • Worldbuilder Interview's on Saturday will continue
    • No new episode days, I just do not have the time to make more episodes. However, If you would like to hear more about how you can support the Worldbuilder's Anvil without spending a dime. Please go to this no cost support page.

    For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

    Episode 49: Who am I? Apr 15, 2015
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    Today's Topic - Who am I?

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    • We know what motivates your character
    • We know what your characters looks like
    • Bring it together
      • What is the personality of your character
      • What will cause the character to stand their ground
      • What will cause them to comprise their principles
      • What causes action or in action
      • What are at least 5 quirks about the character (Thanks, GURPS)

    For complete fantasy worldbuilding show notes for this episode. Please go to Gardul.com

    Episode 48: Character Traits and Flaws Apr 13, 2015
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    Today's Topic - Character Traits and Flaws

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    • What makes the character stand out
    • Attributes
    • Physical
    • Mental
    • Social
    • Vocational
    • Allies/Enemies
    • Supernatural
    • It is not all good news

    For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

    Episode 47: Interview With D.N. Frost Apr 11, 2015
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    Interview: D.N. Frost D.N. Frost is a fantasy author, cartographer, and worldbuilder. She is best know for her work with Awakening (Tales of the Known World Book 1). She is a person I am glad to call friend. And a person who I go to when I want to know more about maps and languages. Now let's all put our hammer's together for D.N. ".

    1. Introduction
    2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
    3. Tell us about your latest work.
    4. How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
    5. When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
    6. Biggest achievement to date?
    7. What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
    8. Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer
    Gauntlet round
    1. What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
    2. Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
    3. What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
    4. What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
    5. What tool(s) could you not work without?
    6. What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
    7. If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

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    For complete show notes and contest information goto Gardul.com

    Episode 46: Worldbuilding Trap: World to Story Apr 10, 2015
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    Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Trap: World to Story

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    • Your world has more words than the Encyclopedia Britannica
    • You have developed 99 cultures, 154 races, 543 states that spans the 5,502,532,127,000,001 square feet of your new world.
    • You sit down and start writing your first work. About a fictional world war on your planet.
    • STOPPPPPP!!!!
    • relax
    • plan the story explain the world through the story not the story through the world
    Episode 45: Cause I need the Magic wand? Apr 08, 2015
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    • What motivates people
      • Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
        • Physiological
        • Safety
        • Love/Belonging
        • Esteem
        • Self-actualization

    For full show notes please check out Gardul.com

    Episode 44: Fantasy Character Fashion Show Apr 06, 2015
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    Today's Topic - Fantasy Character Fashion Show

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    • Baseline for a character's appearance comes from the fictional state and the fantasy culture fashion.
      • From the time your characters life span
      • Age and Travel modifiers
    • Appearance
      • Hair
      • Eyes
      • Mouth
    • Clothes
      • Pant or what?
      • Under the pants
      • Accessories
    • The little things in the house
      • Show of wealth
      • Mementos
      • Type of materials
    • Weapons of choice
      • Based on materials
        • Skill
        • Intimidation
        • Show of wealth
    • Characters' Taste + Ability to acquire = Characters' Fashion

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    Episode 43: Interview Rae Elliot Apr 04, 2015
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    Interview: Rae Elliot From the age of eight Rae Elliot has been on a journey to becoming a writer. Her love of writing and storytelling merged with her love of Fantasy and science fiction with her first book Fractured, a science fiction novel. Fractured is also available on iTunes in a podcast. Her next fiction novel will be a fantasy novel called Treefell: Legend of The Wood. Beyond her love for Fantasy she is now working on a non-fiction work "Pinterst for Indie Authors"

    1. Introduction
    2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
    3. Tell us about your latest work.
    4. How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
    5. When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
    6. Biggest achievement to date?
    7. What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
    8. Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer
    Gauntlet round
    1. What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
    2. Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
    3. What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
    4. What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
    5. What tool(s) could you not work without?
    6. What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
    7. If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

    Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes

    For Complete Show notes visit Gardul.com

    Episode 42: Worldbuilding Trap: The Trouble with Tropes Apr 03, 2015
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    Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Trap: The Trouble with Tropes

    • What is a Trope?
    • Are Tropes bad?
      • Understanding your Avatar
      • does it seem forced
      • Does it seem fake
    • Make up your own mind.
    • Understanding you Avatar is they key

    Thanks to Rae Elliot for the great review

    Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes

    Go to Gardul.com for complete Worldbuilding shownotes

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