http://lisachellman.com/blog/topics/visualization All blog posts with a particular tag. en http://lisachellman.com/blog/2008/06/from-one-world-next <p>I went to <a href="http://www.kathleenduey.com">Kathleen Duey's website</a> this morning, desperately hoping for news of the next volume in her <a href="http://www.kathleenduey.com/content/blogcategory/12/11/">A Resurrection of Magic</a> sequence. Alas: none. According to her <a href="http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/09/author-interview-kathleen-duey-on.html">interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith</a>, Book Two is coming out sometime in 2008. Anyone know more?</p> <p>Anyway, my real reason for posting: Kathleen Duey posts a lot of photographs to her blog of places and items she visualizes when she's working on her book. An <a href="http://kathleenduey.blogspot.com/2008/06/this-is-ceiling-dome-that-is-part-of.html">elaborate dome in an Abu Dhabi hotel lobby</a> becomes the ceiling of the king's library in Limori; <a href="http://kathleenduey.blogspot.com/2008/06/these-keys-are-part-of-collection.html">these keys</a> become part of the story as well. Duey apparently uses this technique a lot when "world building" in her fantasy novels.</p> <p>I can usually get a pretty good picture of people and places when I'm writing realistic fiction, because I can draw on my own experiences. (e.g., I've seen quite a few public schools in my life.) But whenever I've tried to write speculative fiction, too many details are vague because I haven't been able to fully visualize the world. Maybe I can persuade my father to part with some of his 50 million <em>National Geographic</em> magazines and mine them for ideas!</p> http://lisachellman.com/blog/2008/06/from-one-world-next#comments visualization world building writing Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:23:09 -0700 Lisa 137 at http://lisachellman.com