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Your Characters are the Key: Unexpected Lessons in Worldbuilding with Genre Legends Frank Spotnitz and Peter Harness

I always enjoy a good discussion about worldbuilding. That’s even after I’ve already written quite a lot of speculative fiction (AKA science fiction, fantasy, horror, and the things between) and hosted a series of int…

Alison Weaverdyck · 8 July 2026 · 7 min

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Your Characters are the Key: Unexpected Lessons in Worldbuilding with Genre Legends Frank Spotnitz and Peter Harness

From Cold Reads to Creative Breakthroughs: Lessons from Directing 10 Actors Table Reads at LondonSWF by Gabriel Oliver

The Twisted50 vol IV hits the Amazon Number One Spot, an official BEST SELLER!

Twisted50… The 50 Stories Chosen Announced

A Gory Development… Come On Our Journey

Twisted50 vol III Hits Amazon Number One On Day Of Release!

Twisted50: The Screenplay Challenge

Can an AI audio presentation represent a story with multiple characters and a narrator?

My first run at Twisted50 by Thomas M Pritchard

Next Create50 Projects… What do YOU think we should do?

I used to believe writing wasn’t a team sport… then I found Create50

The Impact Festival Run For 2023… What’s happening and can you represent the film?

Looks like I might be getting more than one film premiere this year, by Lynn Robertson Hay

Behind The Scenes at the Impact50 Premier and Awards Photos

Signing the Poster for Impact50

And The Winners Are… Impact50 Awards Fanfare!

A Crowd Created Feature Film Project by James Lingwood

Wonderful write up about Impact50 from Pamela Perry

Indepth Interview with Impact50 Founder Chris Jones on Reviewmyscript.com

Will you be signing the One Of A Kind Poster at the Premiere?

Tragedy Strikes And Reminds Us All To Appreciate Life… Nothing Is Guaranteed

How I Created The Final Sound Mix (Dub) for Impact50 for the Cinema Release, by Guy Rowland

50 Kisses Blog and Posts Resurrected

How this all began and the magical throughline of creativity…

SECOND EDIT… ‘The Survivalist’ by Oakhaven Films

‘Blood Sweat and Tears’ by Gingersnap Productions FINE CUT

The Screenwriters Speak… My Favorite Impact50 Scripts by Eileen Wilson

Family Business by Vera Mark

Meet the 46th and Final President of the United States… Filming The Final Address

‘Francis of Fell End Farm’ – My Journey from Writer to Director