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Ask Rachel: How to Develop a Consistent Magic System ask rachel worldbuilding Mar 26, 2025

This week on Ask Rachel, we're talking all about magic systems and how to keep the consistent. 

This was requested by a lot of writers here - so I'm excited to go over it with you! 

Reminder: whethe...

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Ask Rachel: Are You Afraid of Accidental Plagiarism? ask rachel confidence worldbuilding Mar 19, 2025

Welcome to another week of Ask Rachel: Where you ask your writing questions and I answer them. 

(remember to submit your questions to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in our next blog ...

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Documenting My Book Publishing Journey: Week 11 editing publishing worldbuilding Mar 17, 2025

We're back with another week of Rachel-can't-commit-to-anything-so-she-freaks-out-a-bit-and-does-nothing - 

Just kidding. It been a wild week, for sure, but some really good things are happening, and...

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How to Make Sure Your Fantasy World Makes Sense ask rachel worldbuilding Mar 12, 2025

Welcome back to Ask Rachel, a blog column dedicated to answering your writing questions. Send your questions to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in upcoming blog posts!

This week’s stu...

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Documenting My Book Writing Journey: Week 9 (11 Tips to Use Geography in Your Worldbuilding) publishing worldbuilding Mar 03, 2025

Are we already to week 9? Holy cow! Just writing this down I feel like a miscounted (I probably did - it happens a lot). 

Anyway, you've probably noticed I've been working a lot on worldbuilding. It'...

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Documenting My Book Writing Journey, Week 8 (10 Things to Help Your Worldbuilding) publishing worldbuilding Feb 24, 2025

This week I spent a lot of time working on my story world. I have a method I use to build story worlds quickly and thoroughly, and I'm excited to share it with you! 

A few things you'll find interest...

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10 Ways to Make Sure Your Worldbuilding is Unique worldbuilding Feb 21, 2025

Early on in my writing career, I had strong story ideas, deeply developed characters, and...a completely flat world. Even in my own head, I couldn't see the finer details of my world, and because of t...

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Creating Haunted Settings: How to Bring Atmosphere and Mood into Your Novel worldbuilding Oct 14, 2024

There’s something undeniably captivating about a story that can send shivers down your spine, and it’s often the setting that creates this haunting effect. In this post, we’ll explore how to bring atm...

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