https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Thu, 01 May 2025 03:39:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/is-your-worldbuilding-too-powerful/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/is-your-worldbuilding-too-powerful/#comments Fri, 02 May 2025 08:21:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54765 Overpowered items, superpowers that are just too super, or get-out-of-jail-free technology are easy to create by accident. Here's worldbuilding Do's and Don'ts,

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Even our characters are a product of their environment.

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