A Worldbuilder's Guide to Magic: Essentials for Writers, Game Developers and Dungeon Masters
Constructing a functional system of magic that helps readers suspend disbelief is a crucial part of worldbuilding in the fantasy genres. Yet creating a believable, compelling and original fictional universe can be daunting. To help inspire writers, this guide provides an overview of how magic has been understood in history and used in myth, legend and modern fiction. Different forms of magic are explored and a broad range of stories—from Nordic myths to modern novels—are described and referenced. Discussion explores how magic as a concept shapes, and is shaped by, fictional worlds and societies.

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A Worldbuilder's Guide to Magic: Essentials for Writers, Game Developers and Dungeon Masters
Constructing a functional system of magic that helps readers suspend disbelief is a crucial part of worldbuilding in the fantasy genres. Yet creating a believable, compelling and original fictional universe can be daunting. To help inspire writers, this guide provides an overview of how magic has been understood in history and used in myth, legend and modern fiction. Different forms of magic are explored and a broad range of stories—from Nordic myths to modern novels—are described and referenced. Discussion explores how magic as a concept shapes, and is shaped by, fictional worlds and societies.

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A Worldbuilder's Guide to Magic: Essentials for Writers, Game Developers and Dungeon Masters

A Worldbuilder's Guide to Magic: Essentials for Writers, Game Developers and Dungeon Masters

by Brent A. Stypczynski
A Worldbuilder's Guide to Magic: Essentials for Writers, Game Developers and Dungeon Masters

A Worldbuilder's Guide to Magic: Essentials for Writers, Game Developers and Dungeon Masters

by Brent A. Stypczynski

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Overview

Constructing a functional system of magic that helps readers suspend disbelief is a crucial part of worldbuilding in the fantasy genres. Yet creating a believable, compelling and original fictional universe can be daunting. To help inspire writers, this guide provides an overview of how magic has been understood in history and used in myth, legend and modern fiction. Different forms of magic are explored and a broad range of stories—from Nordic myths to modern novels—are described and referenced. Discussion explores how magic as a concept shapes, and is shaped by, fictional worlds and societies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476686837
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 10/25/2021
Pages: 206
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Brent A. Stypczynski is an independent scholar with specialties in medieval, YA, and fantasy literature. He is the author of multiple books, and his articles have appeared in Extrapolation and The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii
Introduction
1. Atmosphere
2. Techniques
3. Branches
4. Tools
5. Rules of Magic
6. Magic Items
7. Variety of Magics
8. Evolving Magic
9. Potential Magicians
10. Learning Magic
11. Society and Magic
Conclusion
Appendix: Selected Primary Texts and Series
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
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