World Building Part 2

I had the chance to attend the Utah Writers League conference this year because of the generously of a fellow writer, who couldn’t go. Here are the rest of my notes on this panel.

Relationships with neighboring countries:
 Rough out the local history
 Define the city configurations versus the countryside
 Sort out what the trade/ commerce is
 Figure out the class and stations
 Define family and education
 Decide on oral structure and region.
 How can man sustain himself in city or countryside?
 Ex: city proper has been rebuilt many times.
Trade and commerce:
 What is the trade that this city is known for?
 What do you have to offer other regions of their country?
How is their economy and what kind of labors are in common.
 Type of trade defines what kind of people are there. Miners work hard or are they, scholarly people.
 Class and station: the difference is part of the city. The class and statins of the people in your city define how your characters will be seen in the city.
 Family and education: how the family works will influence practically any personal interactions in the city.
Morals and religion:
 If our city tense to lean towards a certain religion, make note of what kind of structure it has. If there is no religion, most regions hold to a set of moral codes as a whole and apply them to their fellow men around.
The spiral method:
Spiral method: is like a ripple, versatile method capable of multi-direction building that utilizes a point by point guide to creating a realistic environment
 Broken into two possible users, connect and complete. Keep single point of interests in mind as you collect your facts. N
 Relevance-your facts should only be from the reflections of the character.
 Building upwards. Single point of interest. Connect your facts should be relevant to your characters. Home, neighborhood, city, region state nations world from the in to out.
 The continent
 The country
 The city/state