And we can’t stop making fun of that article. And instead the writer had made up a new term for worldbuilding called world conjuring that was the right amount of worldbuilding.
For anybody who has not kept up enough that they know what in the world we’re talking about: there was one article out there with a very provocative title that worldbuilding was bad, and it turned out worldbuilding had been redefined to mean too much worldbuilding. I think it’s too funny.Ĭhris: We’re all thinking it. Oren: I was trying so hard not to actually say world conjuring, but now it’s out. Wes: The worldbuilding is now world conjuring.Ĭhris: We’re never gonna stop making fun of the world conjuring posts. It’s not like being like, “Oh, well I’ve decided that I want to be edgy, so I’m going to say that plotting now means all plotting that’s bad, and good plotting is now story inventing.” Oren: Look, sometimes we need new terminology because there is not existing terminology for an important thing. And so you’ve stepped in to provide us with a new definition. Wes: On some level you just understood that multitasking as it has been used is a lie that’s not a real thing. I’m not so insufferable that I make up just random sounds. Chris, I’m starting to think you have a problem.Ĭhris: At least I reuse words in the English language. And yeah, I can’t stop making up new storytelling terms. And multitasking is definitely a big part of that. And that just means reusing parts and making everything closer together, making everything tightly linked so your story is just more efficient. So I have a post that’s not out yet-it might be out by the time this comes out-that’s on consolidating your story.
So when we say story elements-and that’s a really broad term-but that could be characters, setting components like magic or creatures, plot arcs of any type, character arcs, external arcs, whatever, and figuring out how to cover the pieces of your story all simultaneously. So what we’re talking about here is making it so that you can cover more story elements at the same time. Okay, I’m done.Ĭhris: I do think that’s what studies have shown, but multitasking is real in a storytelling sense. But really if you’re saying that I can wash the dishes and talk to my friend on the phone and also, I don’t know, listen to the radio or do whatever you’re doing, you’re just doing all of those things less efficiently and taking more time overall. You can all disagree with me all you want. Let’s talk about what that actually means in a storytelling sense, especially since if we don’t, I think West is going to go on a rant about how there is no such thing as multitasking.
You’ve got to consolidate.Ĭhris: So, yeah, we are talking about multitasking. Nothing else will take my attention away from it.Ĭhris: Wes, that’s no good.
And just so you know, while we’re podcasting, I am also writing a blog post and playing with my kitties. Volunteer to transcribe a podcast.Ĭhris: You’re listening to the Mythcreants podcast with your hosts Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, and Chris Winkle.