CHERRY 'N WINE, RYW related

How I world build

You don't want your character to interact in empty room!

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Since my book, Ruin your wedding is not set in some other crazy universe it will be easy to world build compared to something like star trek etc.

Books like summer I turned pretty come into place when I think of my world building. Authors that specialize in their world building rather than character building are not necessarily the type of work that I will read.

I care more about the characters.

I tend to leave it to the reader to decide how the places they are surrounded are by themselves with of course my help.

1st. Where is your book taken place, year wise?

In RYW, it's taken place in present time. There isn't a set year but it's just modern.

2nd, Location wise where is your book?

RYW is taken place in Vancouver Canada.

If you want to go deeper in your world building, check the world map of the state/province etc. your book is taken place in.

Let's take Bloedel Conservatory as an example as we continue.

Bloedel Conservatory is a real public garden in Vancouver, and I know this because I just searched up public garden in Vancouver.

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The key to world building a scene that is going to be prevalent is to not INFO DUMP!

Sometimes in the moment I would info dump, but your readers are not dumb. And sometimes they just don't care. They want the juicy stuff.

Explain the surrounding through bits and piece as you continue your scene.

For example,

Finn will scan his surroundings, briefly describe that the garden is big or small. If the smell makes him feel a certain way, then say that.

But just give the reader enough information so they don't get bored but still know where it is this scene is taken place.

Rowan's apartment is on the second story, there are stairs that go to her apartment and there's a balcony that connects between both hers and the neighbors front door.

Now, I could say this all in one paragraph; but that is just unnecessary info dumping. Instead of saying her apartment is a second story, I'll say how Abigail is running along the walls and being rather disruptive towards the neighbors that live downstairs.

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The stairs don't have to be described but could be used rather as a prop, Finn is following her up the stairs and since he's a little behind her they're at then same height when she turns around.

Blah blah blah, cute scene whatever. But the reader knows for sure now that rowan lives on the second floor of the two story apartment.

Balcony between her and her neighbor ms. Moon. Instead of just saying "there's a balcony between her and miss moon" I'll say that Ms.Moon has used this space to fill her plants so it's rather cluttered.

It also gives us an introduction of a new character who could possibly pop in regularly etc.

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Next I'll talk about how to keep a slow burn— SLOW BURNING