Tag Archives: world building

Questions 3: Adding a Unique Set Piece to Your City

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

We’ll see how this goes.  Another chance to take some time and flex your creativity if you haven’t been able to all week.  Just imagine a city in any world of your creation.  Then, add a set piece to make … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Adding a Unique Set Piece to a City

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

It might appear easy to add a quirk to your city.  Some people think they can just slap one on as they move along.  That can work at times, but there are moments where you have to think about what … Continue reading →

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Origins of Monsters

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Creating monsters for a fantasy world can be done in a variety of ways.  None of them are better than the others, so the author can use the one that suits them best.  It doesn’t even have to be one … Continue reading →

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Is It Easy to Write Monsters?

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Fairly certain that I’ve tackled this topic before.  I felt like doing it again because the question still comes up.  Since fantasy authors are known for having strange creatures in their stories, people wonder how they design them.  Is there … Continue reading →

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Writing an Invasion Storyline

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

My son and I are watching a series called ‘Black Clover’.  It involves magic and the story arcs have been rather simple.  That is until the underlying story hit the gas and an invasion of the kingdom happened.  One bigger … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Filling in the Lost History of The World

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

In the manga/anime of ‘One Piece’, there’s a character named Nico Robin.  Her goal is to find these large blocks of stone called Poneglyphs.  They tell a variety of things, but there’s one that is supposed to hold a span … Continue reading →

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A Fictional World History: Do You Need It?

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

It’s not always clear if you need to create a world history, especially when you’re doing fantasy.  Sure, you may think it’s necessary because that’s what all of the big names have done.  We know so much about Middle Earth, … Continue reading →

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Crossing Genres: #Fantasy & #Historical Fiction

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Here we are for the last ‘Crossing Genres’ post unless somebody requests pairing another one off with ‘Fantasy’.  I’m open to any that I can slip into January.  Not sure any will be as difficult as this one.  One genre … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Making 100 Monsters

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Charles Yallowitz

Pokemon!  Digimon!  Yugioh!  Magic: The Gathering!  Dungeons & Dragons! I think I covered the big ones that can turn up in the comments. Keep in mind that I considered all of these when I tackled this challenge.  To be honest, … Continue reading →

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The Void. The Shadow Dimension. The Darkness. Mab’s Little World.

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, I promised to talk about the place that Mab goes to when she travels through the shadows.  The truth is that I haven’t come up with a true name, which sounds bad considering War of Nytefall: Rivalry is the … Continue reading →

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