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WORLDBUILDING THROUGH CULTURE

Writing a Secondary World book or series, and need some help constructing your setting?

Worldbuilding is more than just maps!

Creating a believable secondary world, with consistent internal logic, language, taboos, and politics can be tricky.

Luckily, this workbook is here to help you devise the best possible setting for your #SFF story.

Based on a lecture series I used to do one be before the pandemic, this is a workbook that's really meant and designed to WORK.

Write in it, paste in pictures, doodle, add extra notes or change your mind and erase things!

[plotandelegy]

4 Creative Ways to Design Fictional Plants for Your Fantasy World

Hello everyone! If you want to add some unique flora to your world-building, this article is for you. In this post, I'll go through some ways you can find the inspiration to create fictional plants. Here are some ways to get creative:

Draw ideas from real-life plants: Find unique features of the plants around you that you can adapt to create an entirely new plant. For example, you could make an orchard full of fruit trees that project sharp needles from the hanging fruit when touched.

Think outside the box: Consider what the creatures in your world need. Figure out how their unique needs could be met by the plants. What kind of food do they eat? What is poisonous to them? Where do they nest? 

Tie in significance and mythological elements: Take ideas from folklore. Give your plants deeper meaning to the people that inhabit your world. What mystical properties do your plants have? Are they used in a ritual?

Consider the environment: When making a new type of plant, consider the climate and geography of its growing area. Plants that grow in dry areas look and function differently from those that thrive in wetlands. 

Get creative with your fictional plants. Consider purpose. Mix, match, and invent! Happy world-building!

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[vibrantiquity]

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Hi <3

How do you go about deciding whether worldbuilding should be shown or told? For example, in my world, I have a region that is almost never warm. It's very much sweater weather all year round. Should that be shown and told, or just one or the other?

I've read that you should spend more time on things that matter to the story and to the reader, but how do you know if it matters?

My gut tells me that something like that should be both shown and told by people wearing thin cloaks and telling the reader that it doesn't get very warm. But at the same time, this seems like a bit much for such a small detail.

I'd love to hear your thoughts <3

Knowing When World Building Detail is Important

You've answered your own question my friend!

My gut tells me that something like that should be both shown and told by people wearing thin cloaks and telling the reader that it doesn't get very warm. But at the same time, this seems like a bit much for such a small detail.

If the cold weather in this region could be considered "such a small detail" then you're right... it's probably not important enough to show it in addition to telling it.

How do you know when a world building detail is important enough to spend time on, to show in addition to tell? Ask yourself the following questions:

Is the detail relevant to the plot in some way?

If you change the detail to something else, does the story still work?

So, what do we mean when we say that something is "plot relevant"? We mean that the detail affects the plot in some way. For example, let's say it turns out that the cold weather in that region is what allows a certain type of magic to work. That would be plot relevant. Or, let's say you're writing an Eastern European-inspired fantasy, and the snow region in your story is a stand-in for Siberia. Even if the cold weather doesn't affect the plot in some way, it's still plot relevant because the Eastern European-inspired setting is relevant to the plot, so the aesthetics of each region being represented matter to the overall story.

If you're still not sure, move on to question two. If you changed this region in your story to one where it was usually warm weather (or at least a standard mix of cold and warm), how would that affect the plot? Would it make any of the plot or story elements impossible? Would it screw up overall world aesthetics that are important to the story? Would it change the back story of a main character? If you find yourself answering "no change" to most of these questions, you're probably looking at a detail that isn't that important.

I hope that helps!

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