Episode 245 Interview Jon Metcalf on how to use worldbuilding in your day job

Today’s Topic Jon Metcalf and how he uses worldbuilding with his day job.

Jon is a great friend and founder of Integrity Martial Arts of Enfield, CT. We chat about creativity and how Jon uses worldbuilding in unconventional ways in his business.

Show Flow

Tell us about your latest work?
How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
Tell a STORY about how you knew you love building worlds.
What was your “I can” experience?
Tell a STORY about it.
Biggest achievement to date?
Tell a STORY of your biggest achievement to date.
When you learned of it.
What was its impact on your progress as an author and a worldbuilder?
What real-world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer

Gauntlet round: (All fast answers)

What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
What is the most important habit or skill in creating the world?
What tool(s) could you not work without?
What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)