... writer can compile a personal list. The Questions The World Basics Alternate Earth Not Earth at All Physical and ... and Geography Natural Resources World History Specific Country(s)History Magic and Magicians Rules of ...
Search again:... are other kinds of worldbuilding besides the deep-background variety I was talking about last ... sort and the in-story sort. The immediate-background worldbuilding, like deep worldbuilding, is stuff that not everyone needs to do in advance. It’s very ...
Search again:... my last eight to ten books, I haven’t had to do any deep worldbuilding, because all of them came with that part ready-made. The Frontier ... she knows I do plot), which sometimes hits the “deep worldbuilding” button, but mostly doesn’t. What I mean by “deep ...
Search again:... things this year was that there were three (!) panels on worldbuilding, and that’s not counting the ones on specific bits of worldbuilding, like the panel on “Designing a Magic System.” I was on the ...
Search again:Worldbuilding in some sense is a requirement for all writers. The people and places ... those of us who write fantasy and science fiction, worldbuilding is even more of a necessity. The places our stories occur often ... that I'd forgotten to make up some aspect of my imaginary world that I suddenly needed. The heroine arrived in a new town, and I'd ...
Search again:... let alone been there. Sometimes, it seems as if the world is the size of a pea. The comments seem to still be broken, but the ...
Search again:... It starts with the Big Three (characterization, setting/world-building, plot). Each of those usually has the potential to expand ... and potential personal development), the cool worldbuilding and the surprising twists that got it where it is, and the ... character arcs, and only-partially-integrated backstory/worldbuilding bits, wondering where the protagonist is. On the other hand, ...
Search again:... Writers who set their work in the past or in imaginary worlds mostly just ignore the whole issue. But when it gets down to it, ...
Search again:... usually invisible in fiction. For stories set in the real world, or on an “alternate Earth” that closely approximates Earth ... If one wants to design a mostly-realistic imaginary world from scratch, however, geology can be part of the pre-writing world design. Knowing why mountain ranges are placed where they are, why ...
Search again:... by completely revamping the plot, characters, and/or worldbuilding…but it may also be a straightforward jump into repairing major ... Apparent inconsistencies in the background, culture, worldbuilding, and so on. Plot problems: holes, contradictions, ...
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