World Building Guide & Workbook

by T.G. Franklin

The ebook version for science fiction & fantasy writers, screenwriters, and gamers who want to use their own notebooks. World building involves more than elaborate settings, more than magic and magical beings, and more than paranormal happenings. Speculative fiction is a fast growing market, and world building is an essential tool for creating successful stories where the reader can suspend disbelief. This World Building Guide & Workbook gives writers the proper tools to craft a believable world, rich with details, by guiding them through steps for choosing the right world elements to include in their story. Use a simple blueprint method to lay the foundation, and then complete the story. Beginning writers in the genre can learn to identify potential pitfalls. More complex concepts are included for intermediate to advance level authors.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

71 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 27, 2017

About the author

Award winning author TG Franklin lives in East Tennessee, and she
often mines ideas from the rich and diverse cultural and scientific
communities from Oak Ridge to the Smoky Mountains.

Her writing reflects the influence of the many sci-fi/paranormal
television shows and movies of the 70's, such as The Man From
Atlantis, The Bionic Man, the miniseries V, Logan's Run, Westworld,
and the original Rollerball.

Her favorite memories are her & her Dad watching those sci-fi shows,
then dissecting the characters, the plots, and the technologies over a
cup of coffee at the kitchen table. When she started writing in
earnest, her Dad was her sounding board. The discussions always
started with "How can I..." and really never ended. They always found
something more to add to every conversation. Her Dad died in 2007 of
cancer.

Her writing career started in 2006 with the publication of Lord Night,
an urban fantasy erotic romance (writing as Jessie Verino). Heavenfall
is her debut sci-fi novel.

Reviews

[E.A. Turley · Rating 5 out of 5]

World Building Guide & Workbook I received this book as part of a Goodreads Giveaway.
This is a great template for any writer to use when building fictional worlds for their Characters. From the landscape and politics of a world right down to the fixtures and fittings at home that the characters use to make early morning coffee, it's all there.
You can either use this straight from the book and write in it or as a template to build your own system to suit yourself better. The advantage of doing the latter is that you can use it time after time and take what you want from it for each world you build.

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good ideas and questions to answer, even if it isn't a sci-fi or fantasy book.