Recent content by Garolsh

Another thing to consider may be to consider an ice age in the far north or south of the continents, creating a bridge of ice that can melt later on if you need it to. Or water levels can rise covering a landbridge. IDK, just ideas. Great thing about fantasy fiction (I wrote historical fiction...

I don't know the context of your story, if the world needs to be big or small, but what I've done with mine is to meld a "need to know" world, where the expanse of knowledge regarding the world only goes as far as the reader needs it to. I have a large map drawn up of everywhere I've created...

I haven't named my world yet; the main story line takes place on a certain continent, and in my notes I have many other nations and continents that will later on play a role via invasions and such. This is based on a rough story I wrote in high school, and I just called it "earth." Yet earth...

I think it depends on the point of the story. I read a series in high school where the world was smaller than say, the LoTR trilogy but larger than Azeroth (for you fellow WoW nerds). The travel needed to be fast to keep up with the "World is going to end unless..." timeline, and the deeply...

Hello all, Just wanted to say "Hi" since this is the place to do stuff like that before hopping into other threads. I have been writing since I was in middle school (I'm 25 now) and just decided it was time to hop back in. I have dabbled in everything from historical fiction to fantasy...