World building writing

There are typos, but it's a good list.... things you can think of when building fantasy world

The following list of questions is meant to aid authors of fantasy fiction who are seeking to create believable imaginary settings for their stories. While many of these questions may be helpful or crucial to certain stories, they will not all apply to every story. It is not necessary for an author to answer all, or even any, of the questions in order to start writing, (or to finish writing, either). The idea is simply to provoke people into thinking about the ways their settings and…

My small series of world building advice continues: today I talk about the possibility of including a military into your fantasy world. Learn about what you should consider when planning. Also check out the rest of this series in order to learn more about how to world build in fantasy stories and which aspects you should think about. Check out my blog for more writing advice (Link in Bio)!

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A month long interactive workshop of challenges and prompts. Every Day in May features 31 days of Fantasy World Building tasks, includes a weekly mini contest and culminates into a profile contest launch at the end of the month. Join in any time!

Creative Writing Worksheet – Quick Character Creator (PDF) The fact is, you can fill in every 100-item questionnaire about character creation in exhaustive detail and still end up with a character who is unsuitable for the story you’re trying to tell, who isn’t interesting, and who doesn’t feel real. Here’s what Aaron Sorkin (creator of…

Types of government to use in your #worldbuilding! Great for roleplaying games, novel world building, or creating a setting for your comic book!