This World Building book is one of three mini workshops of a larger program called the Dream Shop Story Creation Workshop 2019 written and created by TeamofDreams. You can work through this book as a stand-alone to guide you through world building f...
Think: Does the world in which your story takes place encompass a planet? Solar system? Galaxy? Or is it more narrow in focus, only covering a nation, spaceship, or just a room?
Exercise: In a chapter of your book, describe the physical setting in which your story will take place. You don't have to be super detailed here; we're going to build detail as we go. You only want to verbally sketch the physical features of the place in which your world is contained.
For example, let's say that your world is an entire planet. What does this planet look like from space? What are its major features, such as climate, continents, the color of the sun, etc. Maybe make it fun and have the planet spin "backwards" so that things rise in the west and set in the east... or maybe it has two moons. Be creative here.
Helpful Tools:
Map Building: https://inkarnate.com/
Free Images: https://pixabay.com/
Climate Zone Classification: https://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/earth/climate-zones
Plan Your Own Room: http://www.planyourroom.com/
World Building Templates: http://aminoapps.com/p/0aqxnu and http://aminoapps.com/p/3cvpah
Note: Links posted in comments below. You can copy and paste them into a browser if you are on a computer.
Share: Post a link to this chapter in the comments below. Take the time to go and visit some of your fellow writers' worlds. Perhaps they will inspire you! (But don't steal it... that's not cool.)
