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A brown fireplace with a roaring fire in the middle. Above the fireplace are 2 blue windows with sunbeams going towards the fireplace. The background is a blue gradient from a darker blue at the top to a lighter blue at the bottom. The Sunlit Hearth explores a variety of topics such as classic fantasy, modern fantasy, and realism in fantasy. It also looks at fantasy charm, good fantasy maps, and great fantasy maps. Other topics include reusing story ideas, rejected story ideas, the war of good vs evil, fantasy nature, and fantasy countries. It also explores industry in fantasy, fantasy races, fantasy religion, character motivation.

The Sunlit Hearth: Telling Great Stories with Fantasy Countries

CONTENTS Introduction When people think of their favorite fictional worlds they love spending time in, they think of the cities and other locations that they fell in love in when they discovered them the first time. These places are part of what’s known as fantasy countries and these realms have an outsized influence not just […]

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A brown fireplace with a roaring fire in the middle. Above the fireplace are 2 blue windows with sunbeams going towards the fireplace. The background is a blue gradient from a darker blue at the top to a lighter blue at the bottom. The Sunlit Hearth explores a variety of topics such as classic fantasy, modern fantasy, and realism in fantasy. It also looks at fantasy charm, good fantasy maps, and great fantasy maps. Other topics include reusing story ideas, rejected story ideas, the war of good vs evil, fantasy nature, and fantasy countries. It also explores industry in fantasy, fantasy races, fantasy religion, character motivation.

The Sunlit Hearth: How Great Fantasy Maps Help Worldbuilding

CONTENTS Overview What purpose do maps serve when it comes to worldbuilding? Besides the obvious, that is showing how places in the world are linked to each other, they provide useful information both to the characters and the audience viewing them. You could even go so far as to say that designing great fantasy maps

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