Myths, Silk Road Stories and Epic Fantasy - Crafting Believable Worlds | R.R. Virdi

Описание: In this episode of Storyline Sessions, Nebula award-nominated author R.R. Virdi talks about his upcoming book The Doors of Midnight, a sequel to The First Binding, using myths and legends as inspiration, his experience with trad publishing and many more interesting topics.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Start
00:45 - Conversation start
00:55 - Reactions to The First Binding
03:40 - Working on the sequel
04:52 - Using mythology in writing - South Asia, Silk Road and beyond
12:00 - Meta layer - storytelling in storytelling
14:36 - Clues and breadcrumbs - foreshadowing
16:52 - POVs
18:35 - Mixing multiple timelines
22:20 - Writing with ADHD
22:47 - Surprising yourself
24:25 - Urban fantasy vs epic fantasy - different influences
27:46 - Writing to market and different genres
32:41 - Lengthy books and "purple prose" vs editors
41:09 - Using appendix and how books change on re-reads
43:24 - Creating maps
45:34 - Cover art and different book editions
47:56 - Trad publishing vs indie
51:20 - Getting paid as an artist
57:46 - Advice for younger/starting writers
01:02:00 - Teasing The Doors of Midnight
01:03:32 - Outro