Hi, IM! Nice to see you back! *waves across the Water*
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Originally Posted by ice.monkey  Brooks says he doesn't world build and that's obvious as the settings for the books I've read of his are completely unoriginal and, in truth, stolen from someone elses efforts. |
To be fair, he
does admit this, unlike some I could name
(C-r-s-o-h-r P-o-i-i, anyone?), and he has made an effort to develop his world from the early Tolkienesque beginnings.
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Originally Posted by ice.monkey Like a lot of things, you don't have to go to the effort of building your own world and creating its history. But it'll show through if you don't and from my own experience I've found books where the author has spent some time creating his own world, mythos and history far better than those that don't. |
Absoluteiy, IM - the more you put into the framework, the more solid the final edifice, and the more you and your reader will believe in it. Stories with a back history always seem more realistic to me.