WORLD BUILDING
Oh boy, I
love world building.
World
building is basically when you write up all the facts and lore about the
universe that you have created for your stories. This can be used for pretty
much all genres…well all fictional genres anyway though I believe that
non-fiction writer have their own set of notes that they write up for
reference.
The world
that my characters inhabit is called Astrasu (pronounced as-stra-zoo), a planet that
is riddled with magical potential. As it currently stands, no-one that reads my
book know much about Astrasu’s history. Unbound has
some lore sprinkled in (mostly revolving around sirens) but I plan to spread
out the lore over time.
Getting back
on track, I often scribbled down notes when I think of new ideas about my
fictional universe, whether it has anything to do with my current writing
project or not. It can be anything from a new development in one of the many
stories to random ideas about places or people in the Astrasu universe.
What I really
like doing though is writing ‘facts’ about my fictional universe. Details of
the different races, important notes on characters (and some unimportant
notes), maps and diagrams of the world itself, the list goes on and on.
I write A LOT
of world building stuff, so much so that I have loads of scrap paper with a
variety of notes that I have scribbled on anything I could find at the time.
It’s amazing that I haven’t resorted to napkins or paper towels, not that I’m
oppose to it if it’s the only thing available. I used to carry around a small
notebook but I’ve recently got into the habit of making notes on my mobile and
then write them down later on.
My notes
aren’t limited to writing facts, I have also been known to draw some ideas as
well. I’m not talking about drawing my characters (though that is a thing I do
too), it’s more like doodling when I get a concept in my mind. For example, I
once had an interesting idea for a city set in a frozen wasteland and for some
reason, I just start scribbling it…with a pen! I also did the same thing when I
had the inspiration to try and draw Astrasu’s world map. While the map is still
a pretty rough draft, I still think it’s a good start and I look forward to expanding
on it.
In a
nutshell, I enjoy world building and I still have lots of notes to make…now if
only I could keep my notes organised…
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