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Stenchwing
Fiction, Fantasy, Flash Sam "One-Wheel" O'Neil Fiction, Fantasy, Flash Sam "One-Wheel" O'Neil

Stenchwing

Sulfurous fumes wafted from Stenchwing. He knew that voice. “Oh, Sapientia… Hi.”

“Gaudi, how are you?! It’s been what? Four millen—”

“Five actually. Yeah. It’s uh, Stenchwing now.”

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Five Questions to Guide Your Worldbuilding Process
Non-fiction, Writing, Editing, Worldbuilding Sam "One-Wheel" O'Neil Non-fiction, Writing, Editing, Worldbuilding Sam "One-Wheel" O'Neil

Five Questions to Guide Your Worldbuilding Process

Not all fiction is set in a fantastical world, distant planet, or alternate timeline, but all fiction requires some level of worldbuilding. Even a novel written to be a realistic drama set in a real, modern-day city needs internal consistency to ensure the parts that are fiction don’t clash with the parts that are not.

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