EPISODE 22: WORLDBUILDING WALKTHROUGH - PART II

Written By Stephen Slota

Episode 22: Worldbuilding Walkthrough - Part II | 21 April 2026

In this three-episode series, Stephen and Trent walk the walk by collaboratively constructing a storyworld using The Worldbuilding Workshop card deck and design process!

In Part I, the duo assigned numerical values to each of their new world’s Governmental, Economic, Social, and Cultural substructures. Now, in Part II, they debate genre, theme, scope, and sequence, developing a “40,000-foot view” of the world’s Places, Things, and Events. This will prepare them to interrogate emergent social forces and generate a diverse population of characters in their concluding segment, Part III.

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