Welcome to the first post in a series about worldbuilding. If you're creating a speculative world that requires lots of worldbuilding, you might not know where to start. One great place to start is your physical world. But what do you need to flesh out your physical world? Read below to find out! How Much … Continue reading How to Worldbuild (Your Physical World)
Want to start worldbuilding but don't know where to start? I've created an outline that goes over all the important aspects of your world that you want to create. Feel free to use this as a template for getting the first ideas for your world down! Some tips: 1. Focus most on what's important. This … Continue reading Outline Your Worldbuilding in Just One Hour
Worldbuilding is vital for any story, especially science fiction and fantasy, when you often need to create entirely new worlds. But how do you approach worldbuilding effectively? What does it take to create a deep and not broad world? I'm going to give you some tips on how to develop your world and give it … Continue reading How to Worldbuild Deeply
Fantasy is notoriously difficult to write well. It's not uncommon for fantasy writers to take years to complete one single book. Also, a major aspect of writing fantasy is all the worldbuilding you need to put into it. But why is fantasy so hard to write in comparison with other genres? The epic scope of … Continue reading 3 Reasons Fantasy Is Hard (and How to Succeed)
Are you currently working on a fantasy story? If so, you probably realized at some point that you want, or even need, to create a world map. A world map allows you to outline the principal cities and kingdoms of your story, and it also brings your world to life for your readers. But how … Continue reading How to World-Build A World Map
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Now that I'm back with another post, this week I thought I would get back into talking about worldbuilding. When you work on the world in your story, knowing how to get the most out of your worldbuilding will save you a lot of time and prepare you … Continue reading 3 Tips for Worldbuilding Your Story
An important key to pulling readers into your fantasy world is immersion. This is when the imagery, voice, and writing in your story work together to take the reader somewhere else. They want to know what happens next and they don't even feel the time slipping by as they hurry to the next page. But … Continue reading How to Create Immersion in Fantasy
When you think of fantasy, what do you normally think of? You might imagine castles, dragons, and wizards. Great battles being fought and complex magic systems. And you would be right! But these are characteristics of all different kinds of fantasy subgenres. High fantasy might have these characteristics, but what makes it stand out from … Continue reading What Is High Fantasy?
Worldbuilding isn't just about building a physical world that your characters live in. A fantasy world, for example, might have its own physics, so things like gravity or motion work differently from ours. But that's not the only reason a world exists when you create it. A working world also needs a working culture or … Continue reading Worldbuilding A Fictional Culture
