This was originally written as the beginning to the novel I wrote last month for NaNoWrimo. I don’t think it’s a great beginning, (AAAH! Infodump!) but it might end up somewhere else in the story. One thing I do like about it is that it I think it sets a nice mysterious tone about this huge, lived in clock tower.
Worldbuilding is one of my favorite aspects of Sci-Fi and Fantasy- but it’s an important aspect in all fiction, even to some degree those set in the modern world (I can think of plenty of books I’ve read where the author doesn’t follow the rules he/she has set). The steampunk/fantasy story I’ve been working on is set on a unique planet that has its own history, and while I might want to know every detail, I’ve been having difficulty trying to determine how much the reader needs to know. There are a good amount of things that are going to have to be explained, but I don’t want to sound like I’m explaining.
Comments are appreciated. What do you think about the writing or about the worldbuilding?
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