: Re: World Building vs Story Writing Note, this might be off-topic and belong on World Building SE? I have always been far more interested in building the world my stories take place in than the

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LotR does in fact have such a book (I believe it is the Silmarillion). However, that book could only be published because the Hobbit/LotR books came first. In short, there would be no interest in it without LotR in the first place. This is why an encyclopedia or history book of a fictional land will not work on its own. It may get published, but the interest simply won't be there.

LotR was indeed backed by massive worldbuilding. It helped that the author was a linguist, enabling him to make authentic-sounding languages. In its most basic form, however, LotR was a story.

In order to write a story in your world, you may look into getting over writer's block, some of which deals with getting bored. There is an excellent question about that here. My answer on that question, which I would also recommend for you, can be found here.

When it comes down to it, you need to design a theme first. A theme is the idea or thing you are writing about - what it is that you are trying to show the reader. Once you have that theme, you can build a world designed to show it, and then build a story designed to use your world to show your theme. If your theme is truly something you are greatly interested in, you won't get bored of writing about it.

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