What Is World Building? — watch the full video below, then keep reading for the key takeaways.
World building, in creative writing, is creating the world your story takes place in. It can be as small as a person, like Osmosis Jones, or as big as a galaxy, like Endgame. That world includes all its rules, from how physics and time work to whether superheroes are normal or whether someone can lift a thousand pounds. Those rules form the foundation that lets your story function coherently and lets readers know what’s normal and what’s weird.
What’s in this video
In this Mind of Will video, I break down the ideas behind What Is World Building in plain language — what matters, why it matters, and how I’m thinking about it right now.
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Related: why you should world build and world building before or after starting your story.
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