In-depth Worldbuilding Techniques that Work For Every Writer
I’d sit down to build my fantasy world. I’d either stare at a blank page with literally zero ideas, or I had 17 notebooks full of scattered thoughts about dragons, magic systems, and cool weapons that don’t connect to anything. If you went through the same, you know for sure that both problems are torture. … Read more
You’ve seen many worldbuilding templates. The most popular ones are Reedsy’s 130 questions and World Anvil’s comprehensive system with 300 questions. These lists promise to help you build incredible worlds, but they deliver something else entirely: overwhelm and stupefaction. You sit there wondering which worldbuilding questions actually matter, which ones you can skip, and whether … Read more
You’ve spent three months building your fantasy world. You have detailed notes on your magic system, a hand-drawn map of three continents, and backstory for every major character. But when you sit down to write Chapter 1, doubt creeps in. Is your worldbuilding enough? Should you have developed the languages first? What about the economic … Read more
You’ve got a fantasy story idea. Maybe it’s a character who won’t leave you alone, or a magic system that keeps you up at night, or just this feeling about a world you want to create. You open your notebook, pull up a blank document, and then… freeze. Do you start with a map? The … Read more