Articles – Build Worlds

Sometimes you need to build a fictional world from a set of broad ideas. To do this you need to find and set the edges of the world.

World Building is ultimately about creating the illusion of reality and depth. To create that illusion, we need to use details, to evoke mood and tone with details, and to put points on the notional map of the world we are creating.

Creating the world that your story takes place in is a difficult and vital art, and one that is best approached by building it up from small details.