I personally like to write fantasy so its Hard-world building for me, never knew about these terms tho. For my ongoing story, It took over a month to fully design my world, still modifying it with plot to leave no plot holes. Question for you- how do I know my world building is good, what questions can I ask to my world?
Very cool! I think the best worldbuilding supports the story you want to tell, so that's what I personally look for when assessing both my writing, and my favorite books.
If anyone wants an example of S tier world building in high fantasy, check out Cradle. Will Wight is a wizard at pacing you through a gradually widening world. Or you could just not be a coward and do 12 pages of lore dumping with 0 external stimuli besides the mc acknowledging a singularly fat beetle trundling by.
As a pantser with a very over active imagination, I find a medium world building with a sprinkle of deep mixed in for the start to be the easiest of the two. It makes sure you won’t info dump, but yet let readers think there is more than you wrote. Then in book 3 I take it deep, as the past catches up with the present. But I was fully aware I was writing a series, so I had to think hard on the best way to world build in 5 books. Always annoys me when the author goes big at the start, cause then it seems bland and nothing new to explore later on. One book I read a while ago, author told the entire history in like the first 3 chapters. So when the characters found a smash ancient statue you already knew why. He didn’t trust the reader with their imagination. It is always annoying when the author does not trust the reader. Anyways great vid. I think it is one of your bests.
Sounds like that approach can give good balance to the writing process. Too much upfront info can totally spoil the pacing on a plot twist! Especially in fantasy, when readers often try to predict upcoming twists. Thanks!
@@SydneyFaithAuthor lol thanks. For me, half of the fun of writing is being surprised. It’s why I am a controlled pantser… cause I am not as insane as a pure pantser. At the time, all UA-cam vids only gave advice to plotters. Soo, had to find that marry middle ground. When I went to school they use to tell us greek stories, so I burrowed a similar concept. I always have to look at things as a educator. To help my students, whom half also had a similar issue. I taught creative writing after school at the middle school I work at. Hope you don’t mind, but I used some of your vids in the class. Cause you do not cuss during your explanation vids. Didn’t teach it this year, cause I might get laid off.
Im writing a scifi horror, but before disaster strikes I want to write about peaceful times, but I find that part the hardest.
I get you, the small parts that links our main outlines are the toughest to write
That's difficult, but fun!
I personally like to write fantasy so its Hard-world building for me, never knew about these terms tho. For my ongoing story, It took over a month to fully design my world, still modifying it with plot to leave no plot holes.
Question for you- how do I know my world building is good, what questions can I ask to my world?
Very cool! I think the best worldbuilding supports the story you want to tell, so that's what I personally look for when assessing both my writing, and my favorite books.
I always tell my students to trust the reader. Most of the world building is the unspoken words that their imagination fills in.
If anyone wants an example of S tier world building in high fantasy, check out Cradle. Will Wight is a wizard at pacing you through a gradually widening world.
Or you could just not be a coward and do 12 pages of lore dumping with 0 external stimuli besides the mc acknowledging a singularly fat beetle trundling by.
😂 haven't gotten around to Wight's work yet, but it's on my list.
For people with Aphantasia definitely soft w.b. I'd assume 😅
Soft worldbuilding allows more room for character-driven stories, so I'd guess a story with softer worldbuilding sounds helpful in that regard 👍
@@SydneyFaithAuthor Like your video appeared right while I was deep in the Aphantasia rabbit hole 😅
As a pantser with a very over active imagination, I find a medium world building with a sprinkle of deep mixed in for the start to be the easiest of the two. It makes sure you won’t info dump, but yet let readers think there is more than you wrote. Then in book 3 I take it deep, as the past catches up with the present. But I was fully aware I was writing a series, so I had to think hard on the best way to world build in 5 books. Always annoys me when the author goes big at the start, cause then it seems bland and nothing new to explore later on. One book I read a while ago, author told the entire history in like the first 3 chapters. So when the characters found a smash ancient statue you already knew why. He didn’t trust the reader with their imagination. It is always annoying when the author does not trust the reader. Anyways great vid. I think it is one of your bests.
Sounds like that approach can give good balance to the writing process. Too much upfront info can totally spoil the pacing on a plot twist! Especially in fantasy, when readers often try to predict upcoming twists. Thanks!
@@SydneyFaithAuthor lol thanks. For me, half of the fun of writing is being surprised. It’s why I am a controlled pantser… cause I am not as insane as a pure pantser. At the time, all UA-cam vids only gave advice to plotters. Soo, had to find that marry middle ground. When I went to school they use to tell us greek stories, so I burrowed a similar concept. I always have to look at things as a educator. To help my students, whom half also had a similar issue. I taught creative writing after school at the middle school I work at. Hope you don’t mind, but I used some of your vids in the class. Cause you do not cuss during your explanation vids. Didn’t teach it this year, cause I might get laid off.
For a sec I thought you are teaching art 😂
Haha, just trying out a different type of thumbnail!
Well, writing is considered art work lol. So technically she is.