If you follow this blog and you are planning to write a novel in November, you now have the first three key elements you will need to begin:

1. Plot: Devising a Plot in 8 Questions
2. Outline: The Outline for Pantsers
3. Characters:Prepping your Characters

All you need now is a world to set this story in. Prepping now will save you time when you begin the 30-day challenge.

Worlds evolve as we write the first draft, but it helps to have a solid idea of where we are setting the story at the outset.

What follows is a plan to help you lay the groundwork for the world in which your novel is set.

Picture the opening scene.

Open a new document and give it a title, such as your_book_title_worldbuilding.docx

Simple and clear labels make a good file names. You want one that clearly says “this is world building” for…