In a (very brief) period of idle time over the weekend I found myself looking at the map of a world I've been sketching. It has a decent amount of detail (most of it still in my head) and I enjoy fleshing more of it out, but I found - to my surprise - that the parts of the world I most enjoyed were the frontiers. Those places out and away from any powerful cultures, unexplored land.
Not only do I like the thought of exploration and discovery itself, but these frontiers in the world also keep lots of possibility open. Anything could be set in them or come out of them. I was excited just to realize how much of this world I hadn't touched yet. I didn't plan it like that, but it was pleasant to find.
How full do you make your worlds? Do you plan every inch, or have you also (knowingly or unknowingly) reserved vast tracts for 'the unknown'?
Not only do I like the thought of exploration and discovery itself, but these frontiers in the world also keep lots of possibility open. Anything could be set in them or come out of them. I was excited just to realize how much of this world I hadn't touched yet. I didn't plan it like that, but it was pleasant to find.
How full do you make your worlds? Do you plan every inch, or have you also (knowingly or unknowingly) reserved vast tracts for 'the unknown'?