: Re: Which should come first, building my story or building my world? I’ve always been writing, but never wanted to write something in a world I create. I already know what direction I’ll be

@Dunderdale623

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Your world is built on some basic premise: Dystopia, ruled by wizards, doomed or whatever. If you have a hero or heroine (very different things see,Heroism for Girls ) then there is going to be something about it they're fighting, or you as an author want the reader to think about. That's the spring which drives the mechanism of your story.

As you see how your main character evolves you're completely free to invent issues or cheats or weirdnesses. Remember it's their story not your model that matters. If you want to impress us with your intricate model detailing then get the hero/ine to interact with the crystal matrix or whatever.

Like with a play, you only need the scenery that's needed for the story.

Bottom line: (1) Concept (2) Character (3) Motivation (4) Interaction where we get the details and implications of the strange world.

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