So... ever feel caught between sticking to your worldbuilding principles, and the fact that the eventual purpose of a fictional world is to be a place where enjoyable fiction or enjoyable games take place?
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2017-09-15, 08:36 AM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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- May 2016
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Re: How to -- 4th century BCE setting
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.
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