416 - Fantasy Worldbuilding

John and Craig welcome Alison Luhrs, a senior narrative designer at Wizards of the Coast to talk about fantasy world-building as a profession. It is a great conversation about what is probably a lot of listeners’ dream job.

We also follow up on the WGA elections, John’s decision to cast a blind actress, and the universality of ice-cream truck wars.

Links:

• The Shadows Casting Call John is looking for a 15-year-old blind actress for the lead role — please help by sharing this link with anyone who might be a good fit!
• The Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit: The RespectAbility Guide to Inclusion in the Entertainment Industry
• Scriptnotes, Ep 315: Big Screens, Big Money
• NaNoWriMo classroom kit
• Comfort and Joy
• 99 Problems by Ross Killeen
• The Black Mambas documentary
• Wizards of the Coast
• Twine
• Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
• Alison Luhrs on Twitter or here for game related questions
• John August on Twitter
• Craig Mazin on Twitter
• John on Instagram
• Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)

Email us at [email protected]

You can download the episode here