Why I Wrote It: Worldbuilding Checkup

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Worldbuilding Checkup is a strange book in the lineup of the Way With Worlds series. The books consist of two guidebooks and then an ever-expanding set of books on specific subjects. Why, suddenly, have a book thats all lets check on the basics? Well, that actually tells you something about my methods.

Originally I never intended to do more than six of these books.

The smaller Worldbooks as I...