world building

I just got through a few fantasy books, and all of them have maps drawn for its settings. This is really cool! It's giving me good feelings. I think doing the worldbuilding gonna be really fun!

Hello there! I'm currently working on a story that takes place in a desert community. It's far future post apocalyptic (think Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and stuff like that) so they have *some* technology but not much. I'm interested in resources about life for ancient cultures in the...

To summarize quickly: The book is a fanatasy/mystery novel. The story is a side of it's own, but something about the world bothers me. So, just to summarize the lore of the world: It is a planet, with one large continent. On the north, northeast of the continent, among the mountains, a race...

So, I'm thinking of adding a few species of large Dinosaur-like reptiles but base them off what we think dinosaurs looked like now instead of 15 years ago, aka bright colors and odd patterned feathered behemoths. And oh yeah, they'll probably all have a sort of magical attribute. Anyone else...

Some time ago, I got the idea for a middle-grade fantasy story involving demons from the Swedish book series "Demondeckarna" (title means "Demon Detectives"). Some of the concepts in the book were interesting but the execution and writing was sub-par. The characters were bland and undeveloped...

The concept of locations/landscapes created from the body of an enormous creature is nothing new; Ymir in Norse mythology and Pan Gu from Chinese mythology are both creation myths where the world is created from the body of a dead giant. However, currently the Disney cartoon The Owl House is...

So I have a little problem about my magic system. It's actually my first time doing something like that but in summary: I was thinking of creating a system of magic in which sound (and music) was the greatest driving force and was so powerful that all organic and inorganic matter depended on it...

I have been thinking about this concept for a bit and can't seem to get a grasp on it. I hope some of you might be able to share your thoughts on this kind of topic :) Thanks !

PLEASE HELP! I'm stuck on this one. I'm writing an urban fantasy legal thriller, and the main character's a lawyer who deals with "Arcane Law." She's got an appointment that has to take place at a very specific time and place because she's got a magical creature coming in as a witness and it...

Having been thinking on one of my past fantasy worlds, in which there are armies that can scale walls with calvary units. True, the world itself has mounted defenses as it is, usually by growing thorny vines along the walls. With thorns about five inches long at that, along with spiked defenses...

I want you to help me with the worldbuilding of this medieval romance fantasy novel of mine. What do you think of this medieval romance fantasy novel of mine? This is about a warrior princess who rules a whole medieval country while waging wars against wicked humans and demonic forces that try...

Hello I'm really curious on people's thoughts on World Building and the scaling of it, I started making a map on Inkarnate and I'm quite proud of it but I've been told it's either too small or too big for a dramatic fantasy novel... I'm obviously not done with creating the landscape but I'm...

I'm world-building for an alternate history version of Belle Epoque with magic and the like. While I already had some ideas which will be listed below I'm seeking ideas for any more magic users. On Magic Magic is well known in this world being used for many things all the way up to the...

Basically I have a fantasy world I created and I need more ideas for abilities. The premise, put simply, is about a world made up 8 different realms, each with different climate, governments, and cultures. Everyone in this world (with some exceptions) has one of twelve magical abilities. These...

Finally wrote up a thing about magic in my primary story, MagicBound! Wanted to get someone else’s opinion on it! This is from a project I’ve been working on for 11 years since I was 15 lol any questions and of course constructive criticism welcome! Laws of Magic 1- Magic can both create...

Hi everyone, I am in the process of writing a story in, and world building the world of, a planet that just so happens to be flat. There are several magical places and abilities that are named after seasons, and as such my question is, should I include changing seasons, or should I simply have...

Hello! I found this website and decided to join. I love fantasy and fiction. I like to write. Since fantasy is my main genre, I thought this site may be useful. I like fantasy in different kinds of media, including movies, TV, and games. Also, art! But even writing is a kind of art. I...

Hey, first time posting. I’m starting to create the bare bones of this world, and I’m still getting the whole skeleton together. The basics that I have so far is that the most developed parts of the world do have very rough technology. Think DaVinci, and possibly bordering Tesla once...

Salves comes, this is my first post and I'm sure only the beginning. I am currently in the midst of worldbuilding a setting that I intend to use in my future creative projects, based around one idea: What if the Gods of a setting, instead of being shunted off into their own little planes of...

Hi there! I wasn't quite liking any of the map building sites I was trying out, so I decided to just sketch one out. I am wondering if this is a realistic layout for a world? I've divided it into three main, specific biomes. This is a first draft, I haven't yet figured out where specific...