Just In Time Worldbuilding

By Marie M. Mullany from Just In Time Worlds

Welcome to Just in Time Worldbuilding! I build fantasy worlds by drawing on real world history and knowledge. I share that random historical and sometimes science knowledge with you and I also suggest... more

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April 07, 2026 Your Cultural Worldbuilding is Incomplete Without Outcasts!
When building a culture, all too often, the outcasts and fringes get neglected by the worldbuilder. But some of the best stories are told on the fringes of societies. In this video, we explore how to build the fringes of society and why it matters!
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Chapters
0:00 The Importance of Outcast
1:26 The Outcast Forge
8:47 The Strategic Fortress
13:41 Help With Worldbuilding
14:50 The Invisible Neighbor
17:35 The Glass Wall
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25min
March 31, 2026 Gods as Memes | A Worldbuilding Revolution
What if instead of HAVING concepts, your gods WERE concepts? What if they were born...from MEMES! Let's talk about how that would work and what effect it would have on your religions.
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Chapters
0:00 Gods Manifested?
1:18 Gods as a Concept
8:27 Reading My Books
9:54 Meme-Herding Religions
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20min
March 24, 2026 Is the Honorable Warrior a Fantasy Necessity?
Honorable warriors are a staple in fantasy, from the knight to the space marine. But why is that? And how should you build your honorable warrior? And what code do they adhere to? All that and more answered in this video!
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Chapters
0:00 The Honor Warrior
0:58 The Predator in the Garden
10:04 Join the Worldbuilding Club!
10:56 Anatomy of a Code
18:24 Fantasy And Honor

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30min
March 17, 2026 Worldbuilding: The Fantasy School Problem
Education is one of the central underpinnings of a society. And yet, in a fantasy world, it's often given short shrift by the writer. In this video, let's explore how to adapt education models to fantasy worldbuilding!
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Chapters
0:00 Magic Changes School
1:51 Education in Our World
7:19 Get more from me!
7:58 The Impact of Magic
13:47 Non-Humans and Education
17:28 Education in Fantasy

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24min
March 10, 2026 These Cultural Errors Are Tanking Your World #worldbuilding #fantasywriting #tips
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Cultural world building is one of the most complex and yet important parts of world building. And it's easy to get wrong, to end up with a mess of a culture that no one believes could be real. In this video, I unpack what I think are the biggest mistakes people make when building a culture.
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March 10, 2026 These Cultural Errors Are Tanking Your World
Cultural world building is one of the most complex and yet important parts of world building. And it's easy to get wrong, to end up with a mess of a culture that no one believes could be real. In this video, I unpack what I think are the biggest mistakes people make when building a culture.
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19min
March 03, 2026 When Empires Rise and Fall With One Man
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Sometimes an empire is not built to last. Sometimes an empire rises with its conquering hero and falls just as soon as the guy on the horse dies. But why? And what can learn as world builders about building empires that just pop-up and then plot right back down. Let's take a look!
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30min
February 24, 2026 Sacred Groves Are Worldbuilding Gold—Here's Why
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Sacred groves offer so many oppertunities for cultral and political worldbuilding, but too often they are relegated to "resting" places or "wild areas of a bygone age". In this video, we explore how to use sacred groves in fantasy worldbuilding, with regards to magic, gods, and everything in between!

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26min
February 17, 2026 How Many Characters Should A Story Have
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Using multiple different narrating characters is common in fantasy stories these days. But what actually is a narrating character? How should you use them? Can you ever have too many? Let's dive into Point of View Characters and figure it out.

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29min
February 10, 2026 Writing Love Stories That Destroy Your Reader's Heart
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Ah February... The month of love... But what if you don't want to tell a love story? What if you want your reader sobbing into the pages of your novel? Well... This video is for you! Happy Valentine's day!
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24min

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How many episodes does Just In Time Worldbuilding have?

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