Organizations and Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives: Way With Worlds, #10
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From tribes to conspiracies, organizations are part of any setting - because people naturally organize. Believable organizations are part of a believable world. In many ways, churches and conspiracies and guilds are like characters.
This book is a helpful series of 50 questions, as well as follow-up exercises and more, to help you think about organizations and setting. From power structures to traditions, communications to publicity, this guide is here to help bring your organizations - and world - to life!
Get organized. Get ready. Get worldbuilding!
Steven Savage
Steven Savage is a biologist, natural history writer, lecturer, and an associate member of the Institute of Biology in England. He teaches about ocean biology and has written more than thirty-seven natural history books for children.
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Organizations and Worldbuilding - Steven Savage
Organizations and Worldbuilding:
50 Questions For Creatives
(The Way With Worlds Series)
(First Edition)
By Steven Savage
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Other Books by Steven Savage
Keep Up With The Author
Introduction
How To Use This Book
The Questions
The Start
Purpose
Identity
Structure
Positions
Divisions
Communications
Resources
Influence
About The Author
Other Books by Steven Savage
Fan To Pro: Leveling Up Your Career Through Your Hobbies
Her Eternal Moonlight: Sailor Moon's Female Fans In North America, An Unauthorized Examination (with Bonnie Walling)
Convention Career Connection
The Way With Worlds Series
Way With Worlds Book 1: Crafting Great Fictional Settings
Way With Worlds Book 2: Details And Discussion
Characters And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives
Food, Culture, And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives
Magic, Technology, And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives
Religion And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives
Sex And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives
Superheroes And Worldbuilding: 50 Questions For Creatives
Worldbuilding Checkup: 50 Questions For Creatives
The Creativity Series
Agile Creativity
The Power Of Creative Paths
The Focused Fandom Series
Focused Fandom: Cosplay, Costuming, And Careers
Focused Fandom: Fanart, Fanartists, and Careers
The Career Series
Epic Resume Go!
Quest For Employment
Resume Plus
Skill Portability
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Introduction
Almost any fictional setting involves organizations of some kind. Great nations and small bands of mercenaries, galaxy-spanning empires and secret conspiracies. Even a group of adventurers merrily causing chaos as they wander through pages is an organization, even if organization
is a bit of a stretch.
Organizations are part of the setting you write – and therein lies the challenge. Defining