This course will take you through the fundamentals of worldbuilding and help you take your storytelling to the next level. Taught by an Pushcart Prize nominated author with a slew of professional publications and over 100,000 books sold, this course covers everything from writing dialogue to handling subtext, developing antiheroes and the many pitfalls of writing magic systems. While this course is oriented towards fantasy and scifi, its skills are applicable to all genres.
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READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL I-III https://linktr.ee/timhickson Thank you patrons — without you, I wouldn’t be able to do the work I do. https://www.patreon.com/hellofutureme (come join the Discord/writing workshops!) FREE DISCORD https://discord.gg/vvMBpZa6Xh INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tim_hickson_hfm/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/TimHickson1 A WIZARD DID IT MUG https://store.nebula.app/collections/hello-future-me EMAIL hellofuturemeyt@gmail.com GOODREADS https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18990222.Timothy_Hickson SECOND CHANNEL https://tinyurl.com/ybhtz42g where I put extra notes for videos, vlogs, board game reviews, and other stuff from my life SOURCES The Maritime Silk Road: History of an Idea, Franck Bille, Sanjyot Mehendale, James W Lankton, Amsterdam University Press Strategic Crossings of the Amu Darya in the System of the Great Silk Road and their Geo-Economic Significance, Multidisciplinary Journal of Science and Technology V6 Shipping companies divert vessels around Cape of Good Hope after strikes on Iran, Reuters, Louise Rasmussen and Kanjyik Ghosh Trade and Political Fragmentation on the Silk Roads: The Economic Effects of Historical Exchange between China and the Muslim East, Lisa Blaydes, Christopher Paik, American Journal of Political Science, Vol00, N0 Thailand touts $31 billion 'Land Bridge' plan amid Hormuz crisis, courts Singapore, Reuters, Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um The erosion of colonial trade linkages after independence, Journal of International Economics, Keith Head, Thierry Mayer, John RiesVol 81 Suez canal: what the ‘ditch’ meant to the British empire in the 19th century, Finlay Macdonald, TheConversation Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft and Merry I. White Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium by Kevin O'Rourke and Ronald Findlay The Box by Marc Levinson 0:00 Intro 1:50 Trade is about imbalance 3:00 Waterways are essential 5:30 Path of Least Resistance 9:40 Political fragmentation 13:50 Networks not Paths 20:30 Trade is not neutral 27:00 Lingua Franca 32:00 Summary POSTAL ADDRESS (if you’re kind enough to send me a letter or something!) Tim Hickson PO Box 69062 Lincoln, 7608 Canterbury, New Zealand Script by meeeeeeeee Video edited by Federica La Marca / Faith Lapine https://www.youtube.com/@rythulian The artist that designed my display pic! https://serem01.deviantart.com/ The artist who design my cover photo: - https://raidesart.deviantart.com/ - https://raidesart.tumblr.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/raidesart/ Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Stay nerdy! Tim