AUTHORS:
For those of you who might be building a fantasy world or a sci-fi world, or even a world of your own creation for your books, this will be a tremendous help in building up your world and making it "real" for the reader. Even if you do not use all the information you think of in your book, it helps to flesh out your world to the Nth degree, so you know what you're talking about. Believe me, readers "know" when the author isn't "feelin' it". :)
If you would like to follow along and build your world with the workshop, feel free! You can post comments and give updates on how you're doing. :)
We'll be touching on a few of these topics, and we might spend more
time on some than others, but we'll give at least a little time to
each. We'll start out slow at first and then delve into other
aspects as we go along. I'll also be giving you a little homework
with each subject for those who'd like to jump in and make their
world as we go. It's not going to be too hard, so don't sweat it,
really!
Don't worry, you don't have to do the world building exercises that
I lay out if you don't want, but if you do, you can report what
you've come up with and share it with us.
We're going to cover:
• Your country or world's name
• You world's history
• Leaders of your country, kings or politicians (hierarchy)
• Your money system (economy, trade, & currency)
• Mountains, valleys, & rivers (terrain & maps)
• Crops & Agriculture
• Races of creatures and customs (culture)
I hope you guys like this idea. :) I held a workshop on world-building once, and people found it informative then. I thought you guys would like some tips as well. I'll be posting some more articles on it as time goes by. :)
Let's get started!
~~Becka
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