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 === Process === === Process ===
  
-This technique works best as an individual writing or [[closed eye visioning]] exercise, but it can be conducted as a group discussion as well. If time and resources are available, you can also make a storyboard, a short video, or a [[prehearsal]].+This technique works best as an individual writing or [[closed eye visioning]] exercise, but it can be conducted as a group discussion as well. If time and resources are available, the result of the worldbuilding can include a storyboard, a short video, or a [[prehearsal]].
  
   * Step 1: Frame the exercise as a storytelling technique that describes a specific situation and (human) character that exist within the global description of a scenario. The story should include answers to the following questions: What would happen during an ordinary day in the life of your character? Think of specific details and events: how and where do they wake up, what do they do, how do they travel, what do they eat, how do they communicate, who is around them, how does the day begin and end, etc. You can add specific open questions that relate to your scenario. Note that your questions must be as open as possible, to give space to participants' imaginations. Check that you are not inadvertently adding your own assumptions about what daily life might be like for their characters.   * Step 1: Frame the exercise as a storytelling technique that describes a specific situation and (human) character that exist within the global description of a scenario. The story should include answers to the following questions: What would happen during an ordinary day in the life of your character? Think of specific details and events: how and where do they wake up, what do they do, how do they travel, what do they eat, how do they communicate, who is around them, how does the day begin and end, etc. You can add specific open questions that relate to your scenario. Note that your questions must be as open as possible, to give space to participants' imaginations. Check that you are not inadvertently adding your own assumptions about what daily life might be like for their characters.
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     * What is the setting? Where does your character live? Think of the visible surroundings like interiors, exteriors, landscapes, geopolitical entities (cities, states, regions)...     * What is the setting? Where does your character live? Think of the visible surroundings like interiors, exteriors, landscapes, geopolitical entities (cities, states, regions)...
  
-Step 3: Share (some of) the stories with the group. The participants can either read their stories out loud, or you can invite answers to the guiding questions from step 1 and 2 and get short reports from different people. You can record and cluster the responses thematically if appropriate. +  * Step 3: Share (some of) the stories with the group. The participants can either read their stories out loud, or you can invite answers to the guiding questions from step 1 and 2 and get short reports from different people. You can record and cluster the responses thematically if appropriate. 
    
  
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