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World Building: The Art of Including Era and Place in Your Writing, Part 2 Fantasy Brooks clearly defines and discussesDo your characters exist in a specific time and place? Of course they do. Pride and Prejudice would look very different if the story took place in Communist Russia during the Cold War, for example. But how much of your character's world are you sharing with the reader? And just how much is necessary? All writers must convey era and place. Readers appreciate "knowing where they are" that's what World Building accomplishes. An overdose of detail stops a