Meet Bookman Dan -a true bibliophile of Science Fiction and Fantasy books. These reviews are for the die-hard reader of the genre. Don't it gratify when you see it materialize right in front of your eyes that surprise. My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent.
I hope whatever your writing style you will gain something useful from this series of articles. Let me start by saying, I am a writer in the fantasy genre. While the examples I will give in this series of articles will be from my genre of choice, I believe the discipline of world building can be of value to all writers of fiction . . . whether you are crafting a completely alien world, or writing a historical piece written in a familiar house. I can say this because what world building is really about is establishing the literary canvas that extends beyond the frame of your specific story or work. In some cases this will be a country, continent, an entire world, or series of worlds.