tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937390557356997344.post4955617301462061025..comments2024-03-06T02:34:23.015-08:00Comments on Dive into Worldbuilding: The Reader as World BuilderJuliette Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937390557356997344.post-20651436705045865212010-01-27T11:40:12.785-08:002010-01-27T11:40:12.785-08:00I somewhat agree with commentors on Tor.com that i...I somewhat agree with commentors on Tor.com that it's less about a toolkit, and more about a frame of reference. It's not so much that SFF fans don't know their way around a metaphor as that they don't expect them to come up--to use a comparison between reading SFF and reading litfic. Perhaps "expectations" is the word here. This isn't an issue of world-building at all, but rather an issue of being familiar with genre conventions.<br><br>Which is not to say I don't believe that there's a reader form of worldbuilding. I did a post on my blog about how the the way a reader builds their understanding of the story and its world is similar to the way humans model the world around them.<br><br>Here's the post, since a link is easier than re-typing the idea as a comment here:<br><br>http://atsiko.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/tension-or-how-stories-work/atsikohttp://atsiko.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937390557356997344.post-65809920318448790512010-01-21T15:28:30.972-08:002010-01-21T15:28:30.972-08:00*raises eyebrow* Fascinating.Thanks for pointing o...*raises eyebrow* Fascinating.<br><br>Thanks for pointing out that article. It really makes a lot of sense. I like the idea of thinking of myself of coming to a book with a certain kind of toolkit. It certainly explains why I struggle with certain kinds of books, and why I love SF so predominantly.Jaleh Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942272578488986874noreply@blogger.com