Hello, adventurers one-and-all!
These next
several articles will be in no particular order, and you as a creative mind may
start with whichever area works for you and the story you want to tell.
Now, on to
world building!
The worlds
our characters inhabit form a kind of story on their own, and can become as
believable as the real world with the right applications. Look to Middle Earth,
or the galaxy in Star Wars; these are places that imaginative people thrive in
because of their complexity but also because of their attention to detail. The
stories placed in these universes allow for the worlds to be fully immersive
without feeling like a huge information dump labeled, “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE WORLD BEFORE YOU START!” It all comes back to the basic principle of “show,
don’t tell,” that lends the worlds we create to be alive and real. So let’s get
started!
