More Lore Doesn’t Mean Better Worldbuilding

Most people think worldbuilding means an entire library of lore. But great worldbuilding is about what a world does to the people inside it. In this video, I explore eight things worldbuilding actually does: from creating pressure and limits to shaping character, history, power and the small textures that make an imagined place feel real. Lore tells us what exists. Worldbuilding tells us why it matters. 🚀🚀My new sci-fi book, Tao Solandis, is out now! 📖 Links to all the ways you can order - https://linktr.ee/scifiodyssey Check out these Tao Solandis reviews: "EVERYTHING SCIENCE FICTION CAN AND SHOULD BE." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐" A DEEP AND ENGAGING READ THAT LEFT ME PONDERING..." ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "EACH STORY IS ORIGINAL, UNIQUE, AND UTTERLY COMPELLING... A TRULY 5 STAR READ." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #scifi #movies #cheapthrills 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - WORLDBUILDING CREATES PRESSURE 2:12 - WORLDBUILDING DOES NOT NEED A GUIDED TOUR 3:17 - WORLDBUILDING IS TEXTURE, NOT TRIVIA 4:10 - WORLDBUILDING IS CHARACTER 5:13 - WORLDBUILDING COMES FROM LIMITS 6:34 - WORLDBUILDING IS HISTORY, BUT NOT BACKSTORY 7:30 - WORLDBUILDING IS POWER 8:42 - GREAT WORLDBUILDING IS SELECTIVE ATTENTION 🚀 Check out my other sci-fi novels below 😊DELPHINE DESCENDS 📖 - (Amazon link) https://shortlink.uk/P59l After losing her family and freedom at the hands of the Imperial Network, Kathreen is sent to a brutal life of servitude, until a chance twist of fate grants her the identity of a powerful senator's heiress. Determined to destroy the the system that shattered her life, she vows to rise through their ranks-but to defeat them, she risks becoming a monster greater than any of them. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Delphine Descends completely shattered my expectations! ... I could hardly put the book down." - Goodreads BLACK MILK 📖 - (Amazon link) https://shortlink.uk/MHpv Prometheus can resurrect his wife, but at the cost of Earth's destruction-a choice that will unravel the fabric of time and doom humanity to a desperate fight for survival. Black Milk weaves a gripping tale of five lives, bound across aeons, as they battle a relentless post-human entity, with the fate of the universe hanging on Prometheus's ability to confront his own grief. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I would highly recommend this book to any one who is a sci-fi fan…and even those who are not just to show how great this genre can be." - Goodreads ___________________________________________________________________ MY STUFF https://linktr.ee/scifiodyssey ____________________________________________________________________ IMAGE USE The images in my videos are a mix of licensed stock photos and AI generated artwork. However, occasionally I will use images found online. I always seek to properly credit artists and offer a link back to their amazing work but sometimes it's hard to find the original source of the work. If I've used an image you own and I haven't credited you, please feel free to get in touch as I am always more than happy to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------