04. How to Build a Future World: Tips for Writers

In this episode you will learn: 

1. How Beth Barany builds her science fiction world in her Janey McCallister mystery series.

2. What inspirations Beth draws from when creating her stories.

3. The process she uses to filter her decisions about the worlds she creates and how you can use that process too.

Do you want to learn how to build an immersive and believable world for your science fiction novel series?

"The point of sharing my story with you is to help you make decisions and clarify what is your world that you're building for your story."

I love listening to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on the radio. I also loved listening to Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe. These are some of my early influences. In this episode, I'm going to share a little bit about how I build my science fiction world in my Janey McCallister mystery series. The series is set 100 years plus in the future. I share a little bit about my process and method because you may find yourself at the beginning of a project or maybe in the editing phase.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

1. How Beth Barany builds her science fiction world in her Janey McAllister mystery series

2. What inspirations Barany draws from when creating her stories

3. The process Barany uses to filter her decisions about the world she is creating

Resources

Elizabeth Moon: http://www.elizabethmoon.com

Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy (original radio play): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(radio_series)

Ruby, the Galactic Gumshoe original radio play: https://www.zbs.org/index_new.php/store/ruby

Janey McCallister mystery series: https://author.bethbarany.com/e-books/

Talk to a Writing coach: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/talk-to-a-writing-coach/

ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCAST

The How To Write The Future podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures and successfully bring those stories out into the marketplace. Hosted by Beth Barany, science fiction novelist and creativity coach for writers.

Fiction writing tips!

This podcast is for you if you have questions like:

• How do I create a believable world for my science fiction story?
• How do I figure out what's not working if my story feels flat?
• How do I make my story more interesting and alive?

This podcast is for readers too if you’re at all curious about the future of humanity.

SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth Barany

SHOW NOTES BY Kerry-Ann McDade

Questions? Comments? Send us a text!

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Email: [email protected]
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