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|'''Umberto Eco''', postscript to ''[[The Name of the Rose]]''.}}
[[Worldbuilding]] is the process of constructing a fictional universe. Strictly speaking, anything that happens in that universe "builds" it, so "worldbuilding" is only used to describe the invention of fictional details for some reason other than the convenience of a currently ongoing story.
A common form of worldbuilding is the creation of history. This could just be a [[Framing Device]] for a story told by a historian, but fantasy worlds regularly include historical notes for centuries of warfare and intrigue. Stories can then be written at various points along that timeline, and each of those stories will have a clear relationship to all the others. It makes the writing of serial fiction much easier, especially if the series has multiple authors. If so, the fictional universe is a [[Shared Universe]].
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