Adamsonofgordon
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Does anyone else find world creation easy and story hard?
It depends on the project, namely the idea that spawned it. If it's world-first like "what if there was a parasite that gave you magic?" then coming up with a story for that can be difficult, because I'll be busy figuring out how it works and how that affects other things...but there's no real characters involved in it, or real conflicts. But if the idea I got was more "what if someone discovered they had magic but was losing control of themselves because it's all being caused by a parasite?" then there's already a character/conflict baked into that idea, the story is already there, I just need to extrapolate on it.
Everything about a world can be the seed to an interesting story. Things like exploration, wars, and disasters are easy places to begin a story. Basic "coming of age" stories can be something totally new if set in a fantastic culture, different cultures, religions, and species will inevitably have conflict between each other and there's room for stories there, too.
...and i'm lazy!Your answer has highlighted a good point and perhaps a difference in approach to writing or creation than mine. My mind drifts to imagery and world creation very easlily but my thoughts and creations are very generic and , aiming to create and write about quite "classic" high fantasy worlds and scenarios (war, adventure, magic, good vs evil etc.) as i do, I get carried away with the world very easily but find it incredibly hard to nail down a plot and characters. Your example is a plot in itself which requires little in the way of world just a development of the theme which might sit in a number of settings. In response to Prince of Spires his point is spot on, it's the act of writing a story. Creating something that will draw others in. Perhaps that is the difference for me, the world creation is personal something i can do easily and play with and it needn't ever be exposed to anothers critisism but the story, the whole point of the story is to have other "judge" it so it requires far more effort on my part!