English: thematic = french: thème English: theme = french: sujet - [x] [Iambic (intonation of sentences)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter) ✅ 2022-10-03 # Atmosphere, tone and mood # Soft vs Hard worldbuilding Soft-worldbuilding vs Hard-worldbuilding (mine is definitely hard) Suggestion: Hard-build the world, but soft-builds the story. You can then reveal your cool hard-built stuff in another book. Like, think of feelings that you want to make people feel. How can you build stories around that in your world? ![[hard vs soft worldbuilding.png]] ## Soft - will excel more with character driven stories - will leave room to elaborate later - gives a sense of awe to what's happening - leaves more place for the reader to fill in the blank the way they want - easier to get across the atmosphere you want, you need less efforts to rationalize your choices in worldbuilding