How much is too much worldbuilding?

[jhmcmullen]

When you can find a way to declare something, anything, everything in the world building as relevant to the story.

“What musical scale do they use?” in a story about a deaf miner, for instance. (I could make it relevant but music doesn’t show up for the MC except as feeling vibrations.)

 

[Fant@syaspiringauthor14]

I wish I had a family member who would LISTEN when I talk about my writing.

Same, my stepdad listens sometimes, he even helps me sometimes. But my mum is completely uninterested, and most of my family members are tired of me going on about it, some are really supportive though. Unlike my friends or rather my friend's friends.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

When you can find a way to declare something, anything, everything in the world building as relevant to the story.

“What musical scale do they use?” in a story about a deaf miner, for instance. (I could make it relevant but music doesn’t show up for the MC except as feeling vibrations.)

Me when trying to justify Pizza and (potentially) frozen pizza existing in my Sci Fi / Fantasy world (It's more fantasy leaning than Sci Fi)

 

[pmmg]

Friends and family seems like a natural starting place, but unless they are fantasy readers, they probably wont really be interested. I regret including them. They are trying to do me a favor. I dont want that. I want true readers.

 

[Romy]

My sister is the proper writer of the family and has been going since our school days. We talk about our worlds but don't really read each others stories.

 

[Gurkhal]

I would say from personal experience of my own writing in that when you world build instead of writing the story you set out to write, its too much.