So there were plans, plans on talking about what worldbuilding is, why people build worlds, and the difference between a setting and a world. I have the notes, but as far as making them anything more than incoherent scribblings isn’t really possible at the moment. So instead I’ve decided to just give you a list of interesting links to guides and sites that I look at for a different perspective on worldbuilding, and its processes.
The first site that I go to is merely to see what others have done, the things that they construct, which in a way shows what their interests might be. Afterall a person that is interested in economics might decide to show the intracacies of their world’s economy, as so forth. This is the worldbuilding subreddit of reddit.com, there is a lot of information tucked into it that runs the gambit of just about every field that one might want to cover in a constructed world.
The second is a worldbuilding video I’ve watched by Geoffrey Storm aka stiqula on youtube. At the moment it’s the only worldbuilding video up, hopefully he will have more.
Thirdly is a fellow wordpressian’s (is that a thing?) called Worldbuilding Workshop. Although it just started up, much like this humble site, I hope that more is added in the future for all to look at, as the first post itself (on continental structure within worldbuilding) is quite useful for someone using that method to build their continents.
Those are a few sites that I’ve visited to look at what others have done, and to get a little inspiration when I’m feeling like I’ve hit a wall.