Worldbuilder's Anvil

Worldbuilder's Anvil

Do you have visions of fantasy world’s dancing through your head? Are you a gamemaster that wants to tell stories in your world? Are you a fiction writer who wants your next setting to be your best? Do you want to build better fantasy worlds? Then the Worldbuilder's Anvil podcast is for you. Learn to create the physical world, characters, cultures, kingdoms, races, species and monsters. Learn it all, with some banter to boot. Join Michael and Jeffery on the weekly podcast that looks at storytelling, game mastering, pop culture and life through the lens of fantasy world building. Subscribe TODAY! Listen to new episodes every Monday and BUILD BETTER FANTASY WORLDS.

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episode 7: Finding the Nouns for Bottoms Up World Building

Today's Topic – The Starting Place

 

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Podcast Show Flow
  • Bottom-Up Worldbuilding – From Inspiration to Perspiration
    1. i) Identify the inspiring concept
    2. ii) Why is it interesting to me?
  • iii) How can I make this interesting/inspiring to others?
  1. iv) WHAT is it that I want to say?
  2. v) Find the nouns that answer my questions
  • The six questions that create my nouns
    1. i) Where are we? (Places)
    2. ii) How does it relate to us? (Rules)
  • iii) When are we? (Time)
  1. iv) Who is there? (Races)
  2. v) What is there? (Props)
  3. vi) What are they doing? (Cultures)
  • The nouns I need
    1. i) Places
    2. ii) Time
  • iii) Races
  1. iv) Props
  2. v) Cultures
  3. vi) Rules

 

 

WBT

Write a one-page story using the Bottom Up approach to worldbuilding?

RW  Task

Go enjoy the outdoors before it gets too cold!

 

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