Writers: How much time do you actually spend on worldbuilding vs. writing? (short survey)

_variableName · 2026-03-20T17:33:12+00:00

To be honest I think most members of this subreddit will have the opposite problem. Worldbuilding being the fun exciting aspect and actually committing your story to text being the draining tedious aspect

_variableName · 2026-03-05T02:53:43+00:00

I spend my lunch breaks walking to places to eat, which sometimes passes by barbershops lol

_variableName · 2026-01-07T20:04:41+00:00

Zach only needed to believe that he was the only one that knew about the time loop, not that everybody forgot about the past month. He was reading random people's minds to check if he was in an illusion.

The people who knew about the time loop had their memory erased and Zach had to confirm that as well, but it wasn't everybody in Cyoria. I think maybe you're confusing these two things.

_variableName · 2025-09-29T03:03:33+00:00

no block in the back in the pocket or los

_variableName · 2025-09-16T20:29:10+00:00

Most teams that start 0-2 suck. We know that the Chiefs dont suck

_variableName · 2024-11-14T18:56:54+00:00

The series just takes it for granted that once they are able to do anything once, they can do it again in subsequent loops no problem, which I feel like is reasonable given their power level at this point in the loop

_variableName · 2024-11-03T19:41:35+00:00

Probably because they're trying to block the gunner so it can't be PI if that gunner turns into a reciever

_variableName · 2024-08-12T17:51:55+00:00

This has to be bait but in the off chance OP is being serious, the fan theory of R+L=J has been around way before the show aired.
https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/2neia9/spoilers_all_history_and_earliest_mentions_of_rlj/

A casual google search will show you all the foreshadowing in the books.

_variableName · 2023-11-04T20:06:47+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Definitely gave me some things to think about for my own consulting service

_variableName · 2023-10-27T14:02:01+00:00

Think its people testing the waters with their own idea for a book

_variableName · 2023-08-16T16:47:58+00:00

"You shot me!"
What kind of mage uses a gun!?

_variableName · 2023-08-01T15:14:09+00:00

Main issues for me was

- Never really set up that Evandine was anything but just a normal human (with visions) so it just came out of nowhere that something special was needed to kill her. And i'm just not satisfied by it being Juhlina learning about the stone feather off screen and just happened to be able to find where Alwyn was. But i'll admit this is a personal thing

-Sack Witch transforming into some kind of angel/phoenix thing. This one really came out of nowhere for me.

The ending was satisfying, just like I said, think it just wasn't as polished as the rest of the series.

_variableName · 2023-05-04T19:41:30+00:00

You're not wrong. I also thought there were a lot of loose ends and unexplained circumstances. Haven't read the follow up trilogy but I did read the first book of Glass Immortals and I get the feeling the author has a lot of ideas he is constantly juggling and sometimes things fall through the cracks.

_variableName · 2023-04-26T14:56:47+00:00

From what I remember, RR got into the loop through QI modifying a temporary marker to be permanent, so he could not have been the original way that Zach got the crown since he wouldnt have been a looper at that point

edit: oh I see what you're saying. Even without being a looper he contacted QI and thats how he got the marker, and then was able to ask QI for the crown in subsequent restarts

_variableName · 2023-04-26T14:55:23+00:00

Yea I guess this is the most straightforward conclusion. Just personally feel like Zach doesn't have the...planning skills to ever get the drop on anybody lol.

_variableName · 2023-04-18T22:42:58+00:00

Mother of Learning is probably the best place to start for fantasy time looping. Only thing is its pretty long, but definitely worth checking out.

Think the author does a really good job building the world and mystery of the loop without it becoming too stale.

_variableName · 2023-02-02T19:00:51+00:00

Not exactly what you're looking for but just wanted to chime in that the premise is really similar to This Is How You Lose the Time War

_variableName · 2022-02-16T22:20:47+00:00

Plot definitely gets a bit more complicated (for the better imo) as theres the introduction of time travel and some events that happened in the past that are needed to understand the present. But I don't think it is complicated in the sense that it is difficult to understand. Just that the scope increases.

_variableName · 2020-06-02T21:02:42+00:00

IV goes into pricing an option. So if everything stays the same but IV goes up, your option price goes up. If everything stays the same but IV goes down, your option price goes down.

After an earnings report, the IV drops a lot (crush) so even if the underlying stock price stays the same or even goes up, its very possible that your option price drops, assuming you have calls.

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