Steampunk can be baffling to those outside the genre. What is it about the thought of steam-powered Victoriana that people find so fascinating? How has a particular type of technology situated in a very particular time period become a fully-fledged genre? Whatever it is, there’s no denying steampunk’s popularity; with numerous movies, video games, fashion …
Despite being a necessary and enjoyable part of most narratives, backstory is a bit of a storytelling anomaly. The more complex or involving a story the author is telling, the more time they’re forced to spend outside it. Readers want to know where fascinating characters came from, and that means exploring events you may never …
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Since the start of fiction, we’ve seen ourselves in animals, Gods and monsters and used them to populate fantastical worlds in which we’re happy to get lost. Sometimes, the best way to explore an idea is to do so using non-human characters, and sometimes it’s just enjoyable to invent and enjoy beings that never were. …
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