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Worldbuilding Tips: The 5 Minute Shortcut to Creating Cultures

Often times you’ll find a need for a foreign culture in your writing. But you can convey a sense of a vibrant, multicultural world without having to delve into the minutiae and idiosyncrasies of every nation. It’s fine to flesh out nationalities and ethnicities that recur or play major roles in your story. But don’t bog readers down with information that doesn’t help the story. And once you’re at peace with leaving out those details in the story, you’re free not to develop those low-level details.

So what’s the shortcut that will let you build a culture is just five minutes? R.E.P.A.R.

Read the 5 tips in detail by J S Morin