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Hi everyone! I have a suggestion - let's practice worldbuilding, with on-the-fly suggestions and feedback. This can be a little like "Whose-Line-is-it-Anyway?" improv mixed with a general critique, as well as a chance to show off your process. How this is proposed to work: You can do up to three things in this thread: You can propose world building ideas and list an example of them in existing fiction You can use ideas suggested in the thread to world build You can give feedback on what someone else has world built, remembering to be descriptive rather than proscriptive, and focusing on the good while not neglecting the bad You may do any combination of the above in a single post The first few posts - and any subsequent ones later - should be the world building ideas, preferably listing an example of how it was done before SO THAT WHAT IS BUILT USING IT IS NOT A COPY. For example, if the idea proposed is "mythological creatures that have been genetically engineered", then an example listed would be "The Dragon Riders of Pern", so that if someone uses that suggestion they know to try to push the world building in a different direction to Pern's After a few posts have been made with world building suggestions subsequent posts can then include people selecting from among those suggested and doing some basic work with those ideas, again trying to push them in a different direction than the source Ideas proposed can be worn out cliches, terrible ideas, etc., or your favourite tropes from your favourite series. They are seeds to be used by anyone who chooses to use them. The way they are used is up to whoever decides to use them After world building someone may then critique the setting, which can be subsequently revised afterwards So, with that said, here are a few world building suggestions: Space faring civilisation of explorers (Star Trek) Mythological creatures that have been genetically engineered (The Dragon Riders of Pern) Single undesirable planet the source of something the civilisation needs (Dune) Gender specific magic (The Wheel of Time) Knights from a religious order trained by mystics from another religion (The Elenium) Organisation that is tracking down and containing mysterious artefacts (Warehouse 13) Hope you have fun!

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