Articles – How to Write – How to Create
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.
Why you should stop waiting for success.
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.
Getting notes and feedback is vital to making sure that your writing is great, but to get the most from them you have to know yourself as a writer, what you are trying to achieve, so that you can make sure that you solve genuine problems with solutions that fit you.
To be able to create, you need endurance. To build endurance, you need to make a conscious practice of doing what makes you feel energised, making a habit of sleep, and recognising when you have done hard work and resting.