Before summer holidays i decided to try to start writing a book, or at least, a long and engaging story. I wrote some months ago a short fanfic and the few people that read it like it very much.
However, writing something original sure is much harder. I was about to start writing before noticing i would need some world building beforehand. I started brainstorming what fantasy races, cultures, etc… i want. I took some notes in Obsidian of how i want the world & characters to be: Their flaws, their strengths… Writing fanfic is much easier in my opinion, you have already all the fleshed out characters and detailed world.
Anyway, i didn’t write a single line of the actual story and feel like i am wasting time planning everything about the world. It can be frustrating.
Did you guys get stuck world building too? What approach do you have with it?
World-building on the go works pretty well. Start with a story but don’t go into too much detail of the world. And slowly come up with more and don’t be afraid ret-conning some parts.
Recently I have thrown together some titbits aimed a world building and while I don’t think they actually BUILD a world they are solid cornerstone and it was a lot of fun:
https://lemmy.world/post/2497426 https://lemmy.world/post/2362133
If you love doing shenanigans like these your world builds itself just on the go.
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World building I can do. Stringing all of that into a cohesive set of paragraphs? No way.
