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Fantasy Worldbuilding

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September 3, 2019 Scriptnotes, Transcribed

John and Craig welcome Alison Luhrs, a senior narrative designer at Wizards of the Coast to talk about fantasy world-building as a profession. It is a great conversation about what is probably a lot of listeners’ dream job.

We also follow up on the WGA elections, John’s decision to cast a blind actress, and the universality of ice-cream truck wars.

Links:

  • The Shadows Casting Call John is looking for a 15 year old blind actress for the lead role — please help by sharing this link with anyone who might be a good fit!
  • The Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit: The RespectAbility Guide to Inclusion in the Entertainment Industry
  • Scriptnotes, Ep 315: Big Screens, Big Money
  • NaNoWriMo classroom kit
  • Comfort and Joy
  • 99 Problems by Ross Killeen
  • The Black Mambas documentary
  • Wizards of the Coast
  • Twine
  • Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
  • Alison Luhrs on Twitter or here for game related questions
  • John August on Twitter
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 9-12-19: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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