Twook00
Sage
I've been thinking about World Building a lot lately and I've decided it scares the heck out of me. The sheer variety of things one must know in order to create civilizations and cultures and creatures boggles my mind.
I don't know about you guys, but I feel like I would need to read up on history, biology, weapons, science, anthropology, biology, religion, economics, geography and on and on and on before I could ever consider creating a functional, believable world.
Otherwise, I fear that anything I come up with will be shot down or considered hodge-podge compared to such worlds as Westeros or "Randland".
Is this wrong? Should I just sit down and start making stuff up and hope it all comes together? Where do I begin?
I don't know about you guys, but I feel like I would need to read up on history, biology, weapons, science, anthropology, biology, religion, economics, geography and on and on and on before I could ever consider creating a functional, believable world.
Otherwise, I fear that anything I come up with will be shot down or considered hodge-podge compared to such worlds as Westeros or "Randland".
Is this wrong? Should I just sit down and start making stuff up and hope it all comes together? Where do I begin?