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We have long distinguished between hard and soft sci-fi, as well as hard and soft magic systems, but I want talk about a theory of my own I've been developing that distinguishes between two very different ways of immersing the reader: hard worldbuilding versus soft worldbuilding. Stay nerdy!

Tim

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Hard Worldbuilding vs. Soft Worldbuilding | A Study of Studio Ghibli

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Darsy Smith

I'm in the midst of writing a fantasy novel and these videos have been super useful, so thank you!

Sam O'Brien

There was some really good discussion of this video on the Matt Colville subreddit, highly recommend folks check it out! https://www.reddit.com/r/mattcolville/comments/halk0p/hard_worldbuilding_vs_soft_worldbuilding_in_ttrpgs/