BioSplycerZ
Acolyte
I've always wanted to write a story based on a world I created but have always thought it a daunting task. With so little free time at my disposal as it is, and no real experience as a writer lending to a lack of confidence that my story will even be worth the time and effort invested in trying to write it. I've always loved hearing about the creative process famous writers journeyed through leading to their world coming to life. Tolkien's love of language and history, Neal Stephenson's love of geography and how that lead to the creation of a fantastical realm that's believable and engaging and relatable on such a deep level, the stories persist.
I've recently been inspired to pursue creating my world whether or not it develops into a book, in part as a thought experiment like "What if this existed this way, based on these core concepts" which exploded into a full on world structure from both the most concrete and abstract aspects. Starting with my world's creation and the natural/divine powers that lead to the world I was imagining, suddenly the governmental, economic, societal, and magic systems all had a foundation that started to make sense in my mind making the story part much less intimidating. A universe is coming together with natural laws that feel real and possible and with that, I can start to see the beginnings of a real story developing.
It may all turn out to be nothing more than a fun thought experiment, but just having the core foundation for a world with natural and magical laws that govern it inspired me to keep exploring the idea and let it grow and expand. And now I really dont have much concern about whether its worth telling the story, but instead I'm just eager to create and see what comes of the idea.
So I wanted to ask the other new and veteran writers here; when you are creating a story, what is your process? Do you create the universe and find a story within the world you created? Or do you have a specific story you want to tell and develop your world around that?
I've recently been inspired to pursue creating my world whether or not it develops into a book, in part as a thought experiment like "What if this existed this way, based on these core concepts" which exploded into a full on world structure from both the most concrete and abstract aspects. Starting with my world's creation and the natural/divine powers that lead to the world I was imagining, suddenly the governmental, economic, societal, and magic systems all had a foundation that started to make sense in my mind making the story part much less intimidating. A universe is coming together with natural laws that feel real and possible and with that, I can start to see the beginnings of a real story developing.
It may all turn out to be nothing more than a fun thought experiment, but just having the core foundation for a world with natural and magical laws that govern it inspired me to keep exploring the idea and let it grow and expand. And now I really dont have much concern about whether its worth telling the story, but instead I'm just eager to create and see what comes of the idea.
So I wanted to ask the other new and veteran writers here; when you are creating a story, what is your process? Do you create the universe and find a story within the world you created? Or do you have a specific story you want to tell and develop your world around that?
