World Building

World Building

• 30 days of world building - index
  
  
• index of country and city names
  
  
• Patricia C Wrede's worldbuilder questions - very good prompts for world builders
  
  
• Article on world building
  
  
• world building reference at thescriptorium
  
  
• General references from the seventhsanctum
  
  
• Holly Lisle - developing the fictional world through mapping
  
  

From "I am Tasha" (2011)

• Limyaeel's Rants More can be found here and here.
  
  
• A Magical Society: Guide to Mapping This one is worth the download, I swear it is. If you want to create a realistic map, this should be your Bible. There is also a longer version of this that includes notes on the Ecology and Culture, but you have to pay for it.
  
  
• Creating Fantasy and Sci-Fi Worlds This is the most helpful world-building tutorial I have found online. Period.
  
  
• What's the Magic Word: Defining the Sources, Effects, and Cost of Magic
  
  
• The Language Construction Kit Great for those who want to create their own language
  
  
• More language construction - omniglot
  
  
• The Educated World Building Guide I believe this one is actually run by Nanoers working on worldbuilding.
  
  
• Magical World Builder's Guide Written by the same chick who did the 30 Days of Worldbuilding guide.
  
  
• Encyclopedia Mythica You want a myth or folktale? They're here.
  
  
• The History of Costume An old book from the 1880s. Useful for researching period dress.
  
  
• Fighting and Swordplay Essays Essays from the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts about the topic.
  
  
• The link appears to be broken at the moment, but the site called the "Mythopoet's Manual" is another good resource.
  
  
• JPWB's Fictional World Building Model Another alternate theory about world-building
  
  
• Historical Costuming Resources These are from the girl who did all of the historically accurate Disney princesses that have been floating around online, so they're definitely legit sources.
  
  
• The Mary Sue Litmus Test Always.
  
  
• Maps Workshop Another great mapping source from Holly Lisle
  
  
• Medieval Demographics Made Easy To show you exactly how many people would be in that poor rocky village halfway up the coast in medieval times.