There comes a time in every writer’s life when they’ll write a fictional world, and it might be the hardest thing they’ll ever have to do in their career. Don’t take me the wrong way; there’s nothing easy about writing, but some things are just more difficult. You want to write a good story. I want you to write a good story so I might someday get the pleasure of…
When it comes to worldbuilding, many writers focus on the visible parts of their world. They create maps or languages, and forget all about what makes a story feel truly alive: culture. Storytelling in itself is a form of culture. The kind of story you write is heavily affected by your culture. Therefore, you can’t write a good story without writing a strong fictional culture. Your worldbuilding will be one-dimensional…
When you sit down to worldbuild, it is easy to focus on maps, magic systems, and technology. Yet, there is something just as important. It breathes life into your world: Culture. Culture is more than the design of your clothes and the food you eat. It is how your world is shaped. When creating a fictional world, it is easy to overlook this. Admittedly, a world is not whole without…
