A very useful list of things to be considered when world building 😎
I write in many different worlds with widely varying levels of technology and forms of government. I’m an avid reader, and always have been. Some of the worst books I have read were bad because the setting made no sense or was unclear. This has been as true of stories set in modern New York City as well as fantasies set in wholly imagined worlds.
The author is responsible for making the setting clear and real in the mind of the reader. To do that, the author must pay attention to building that world, even if that world is a well-known city. I can’t write about Seattle if I have no idea what it is like to live there. I can’t stress this enough: do the research.
Because I had noticed these shortcomings in some less than stellar traditionally published works, I made a list of questions to consider…
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Thank you Chris – you made my morning ❤
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You made a great post, Connie ❤️
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