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Author:   Dr Trent Hergenrader (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9781350016675

ISBN 10:   1350016675
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   18 October 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One - Collaborative Worldbuilding Concept and Terminology 1. Introduction to Collaborative Worldbuilding 2. Worlds, Worldbuilding, and Collaborative Worldbuilding 3. Audience and Genres 4. Frameworks of Fictional Worlds 5. Structures and Substructures of Fictional Worlds 6. Catalogs of Fictional Worlds Part Two - Collaborative Worldbuilding Projects 7. Collaborative Worldbuilding Resources 8. Before You Begin Your Project 9. Building the Foundation and Establishing the Framework 10.Developing Structures and Substructures 11. Writing the Metanarrative 12. Designing Catalog Templates 13. Storytelling and Gaming in Collaboratively Built Worlds Coda: Building Worlds Together Appendix A. Worldbuilding Structures Worksheet Appendix B. Framework Worksheet Appendix C. Scope and Schedule Worksheet Notes Glossary Index

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Trent Hergenrader's Collaborative Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers is a welcome title. This book will be of most interest to educators, writers (especially within gaming industries), gamers, and academics. This is an accessible and practical guide written for groups interested in building a world together, or for educators who would like to guide students through this process. Academics may also find this title useful as a point of reference for game studies terminology -- Calvin Fung * Colloquy Journal *

Trent Hergenrader's Collaborative Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers is a welcome title. This book will be of most interest to educators, writers (especially within gaming industries), gamers, and academics. This is an accessible and practical guide written for groups interested in building a world together, or for educators who would like to guide students through this process. Academics may also find this title useful as a point of reference for game studies terminology -- Calvin Fung * Colloquy Journal * Hergenrader's collaborative worldbuilding offers a broadening of scope, in-built critique at each stage of the process, but also all of the possible conflict that comes with any group exercise fuelled by a variety of personalities and motivations. -- Pablo Muslera * Text Journal *

Author Information

Trent Hergenrader is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. His fiction writing has appeared in such places as Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk, and Best Horror of the Year #1. He is co-editor of Creative Writing in the Digital Age (Bloomsbury, 2015) and Creative Writing Innovations (Bloomsbury, 2017).

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