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***Under construction***<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physical World\/Geography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Lived World\/Societies & Cultures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Unseen World\/Lore & Deities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Builder Tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Worldbuilding Questions at SFWA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against Worldbuilding<\/a> (caused quite a ruckus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ProWritingAid’s Worldbuilding 101<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patricia Wrede’s Thorough Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For N. K. Jemisin, World-Building Is a Lesson in Oppression<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nnedi Okorafor: Creating SciFi Worlds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jill Williamson’s Worldbuilding Series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Process<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worldbuilding Guide: Excellent process<\/em> – Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fantasy World Building 101: how to create a breathing world for your fantasy novel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a Mountain Setting<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Military<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can I write better fictional militaries when worldbuilding?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economics: labour and wages<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fantasy Economics 101<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Languages Electronic Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ConLang: How to Construct a Language<\/a> (MIT Open Course)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Scottish Sayings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC Pidgin<\/a> – great study how language can change for regionality<\/p>\n\n\n\n

English to Tengwar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mistakes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Common Worldbuilding Mistakes in New Manuscripts<\/a> (and a great blog)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combatting Common World-Building Pitfalls<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cartography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Writers Map Their Imaginary Worlds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Map Generators\/Builders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medieval Fantasy City Generator<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hexographer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AutoREALM: Vector based drawing for RPGs (mapping)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azgaar Fantasy Map Generator<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Map-Making Apps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Machine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Townscraper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terragen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AstroSynthesis<\/a> (universe mapper)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Geographic Vintage Map Archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does a fantasy map look like?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matth\u00e4us Merian’s beautiful 1636 map of the Republic of Venice<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural Terrain Feature Name Generator<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MapFrappe<\/a>: Compare two locations on Earth side by side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Find Old Maps by Location with Map Warper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cartography Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources of Mapping Assets<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dungeon Ecology: 4 Ways To Build Living Worlds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

***Under construction*** Physical World\/Geography Lived World\/Societies & Cultures Unseen World\/Lore & Deities Builder Tools Worldbuilding Questions at SFWA 25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding Against Worldbuilding (caused quite a ruckus) ProWritingAid’s Worldbuilding 101 Author Advice Patricia Wrede’s Thorough Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions For N. K. Jemisin, World-Building Is a Lesson in Oppression Nnedi Okorafor: Creating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[20],"class_list":["post-2077","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2122,"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2077\/revisions\/2122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmweade.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}