: Re: How to balance relatability in a story with unique world building? I believe this falls well outside the world-building acceptable topics, so I have come here looking for advice! As a world

Your world can be anything, but your characters should be relatable.

Look at the other examples in fantasy literature. The story can be set in a completely different world, but the characters are either human, or reader can easily think of them as humans. It's not the world, but the characters and the story that should keep your reader engaged.

Now, with that problem solved, you are free to do your worldbuilding. Who is your main character? If he (she) an Earthling, things are simple. When an animal looks like zebra, you can call it a "zebra". If the character not supposed to be familiar with our zebras, you have to give a description, short, but clear enough so that reader can tell "Oh, it's just like a zebra!"

World description in itself is usually not very interesting to the reader. Follow the principles "show, don't tell" and make any descriptions that you have to make relevant to the story.

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