oyler44
Dreamer
This is my general series of questions I always ask myself when I create a world/city/country within a story. From here ALOT of followup questions are usually asked, but it is a solid outline that gets you started thinking creatively and sets some very necessary pre-requisites before those questions are asked.
What kind of world is it? (Fantasy? Real World?)
What kind of climates does this place experience? (Is it rainy and depressing?)
What era is this in? (General mood of the story.)
How was this world created? (Gods? A balloon popped and had a world inside?)
Does how this world was created impact it's inhabitants? (Mostly for if there is Gods)
Why kind of people inhabit this land? (Nobles, Thieves, Priests, Commoners?)
How do the people feel about their home? (Oppressed? Happy? Fearful?)
How is this place governed? (A king? A council of leaders? A Religion?)
How does this government rule? (With fear? With justice?)
Do the people like their leaders? (Probably not. lol.)
Is this place at war with anyone else? (Queue battle scene!)
Once I have these general questions I have basically my outline for a city and can ask myself some more specialized questions that will involve elements such as magic, what types of inhabitants there are and where my protagonist will come in. From there, I let my imagination wander and write down every single idea that I like. There is no cookie cutter way to build a world. If there was, every world would be the same. But with this kind of outline I personally have been successful at creating several worlds.
What kind of world is it? (Fantasy? Real World?)
What kind of climates does this place experience? (Is it rainy and depressing?)
What era is this in? (General mood of the story.)
How was this world created? (Gods? A balloon popped and had a world inside?)
Does how this world was created impact it's inhabitants? (Mostly for if there is Gods)
Why kind of people inhabit this land? (Nobles, Thieves, Priests, Commoners?)
How do the people feel about their home? (Oppressed? Happy? Fearful?)
How is this place governed? (A king? A council of leaders? A Religion?)
How does this government rule? (With fear? With justice?)
Do the people like their leaders? (Probably not. lol.)
Is this place at war with anyone else? (Queue battle scene!)
Once I have these general questions I have basically my outline for a city and can ask myself some more specialized questions that will involve elements such as magic, what types of inhabitants there are and where my protagonist will come in. From there, I let my imagination wander and write down every single idea that I like. There is no cookie cutter way to build a world. If there was, every world would be the same. But with this kind of outline I personally have been successful at creating several worlds.