An excerpt from the lecture Melissa Scott gave at Odyssey 2021 on world-building and how it works in science fiction and fantasy.

Melissa Scott on World-building and How It Works in SF/F

The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a nonprofit with the mission of helping writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work. To fulfill our mission, we offer Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop, an intensive, one-on-one online program, customized for each student. Top authors, editors, and agents serve as guest lecturers and guest critiquers. We also offer five-week online writing classes each winter; webinars, critiques, consultations, and coaching year-round, and many free resources. These podcasts are excerpts from guest lectures at our workshop and from our online classes. For more information on Odyssey, visit odysseyworkshop.org.

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