☀️ fantasy worldbuilding 101 - pt. 1: the absolute basics

✨ watch the rest of the fantasy worldbuilding series: PART ONE: you are here! PART TWO: geography, ecology, and history - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVjoImWLo7s PART THREE: culture, identity, and language - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkedvZyxT3I PART FOUR: politics, economics, and daily life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eTXVEw7K18&ab_channel=LynnD.Jung PART FIVE: magic systems, myths, and faith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grz9pz1IycU&ab_channel=LynnD.Jung welcome to the start of a new writing craft advice series that I'm really excited to share with you guys! today, I wanted to cover the absolute basics of building a fantasy world from scratch. worldbuilding is an aspect of fantasy writing I used to really underestimate, but it's both super fun and a great way to enrich your spec fic. we're going to go a lot more in-depth in future videos, so please let me know what worldbuilding topics intrigue you the most. thank you for watching :) ✨ timestamps 0:00 - title card 0:44 - THAT awful Harry Potter map 5:16 - pt. 1: why is worldbuilding important? 8:28 - pt. 2: types of fantasy worldbuilding 10:26 - pt. 3: how to pick a world 14:09 - pt. 4: how to build a world 15:59 - pt. 5: how to write a world 18:49 - outro ✨ music take flight // louie zong mushroom's life // chillpeach land of dreams // chillpeach ✨ previous: write a fantasy novel with me pt. 6: I hit 10k words! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyiv5vnaxOw ✨ find me elsewhere: website: https://lynndjung.com/​​​​​​ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynndjung/?hl=en travel writings: https://wherethehellami.blog kofi: https://ko-fi.com/lynndjung​​​​​ ✨ contact me: [email protected] ✨ tags: authortube, booktube, writing, writing tips, writing vlog, how to write fantasy, science fiction, writers, creative writing, short stories, speculative fiction, fantasy writer, fantasy books