This shift is messing with my workflow in a good way. I used to write by asking “does this make sense?” Now I’m asking something harder: “would anyone, character or reader, carry this forward?” It’s forcing me to design fewer details and more anchors. Less encyclopedic thinking, more cultural thinking. #MythLabRD
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I’m now testing a simple filter for my work: would this actually function as lore? Right now it seems to only activate in two ways: 1. When characters treat it as shared history. 2. When a real community repeats it until it becomes culture. Everything else is just potential energy. This lens is forcing me to rethink how I build stories. And it’s shaping my understanding: “Lore Writer” isn’t a title you give yourself. It only really makes sense when someone uses it as a cultural anchor — either the characters inside the world or a community outside it. Before that, it’s just worldbuilding with good intentions. This reframed my identity a lot. I’m not writing lore yet. I’m learning how to build conditions where lore can emerge. #MythLabRD
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I used to call myself a “lore writer.” But looking back, most of what I wrote was just carefully organized worldbuilding notes. The shift hit me when I noticed that none of it lived in anyone’s memory — not even the characters inside the stories. That’s when it clicked: lore isn’t the document. It’s the cultural memory. I’m realizing most of us aren’t writing lore yet. We’re writing raw material that could become lore. #MythLabRD
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