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Worldbuilding & storyworld systems · Working

Story technology

Also called: tech rule

ELI5

A fictional or historically specific technology whose capabilities and limits shape the story.

Used in conversation

“Can we make the story technology more specific in the pitch?”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Story technology” in character, world, genre & tone conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.

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Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.