30DoW: Day 12
Aug. 12th, 2010 01:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravenswept12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
Of any, I'd say it'd most likely be Tigress. Really, nothing I'm working (or have worked) on is exactly what you would call "built", things are all pretty organic right now (which is a round about way of saying I'm almost making it up as I go). I tend to be more a character writer (...not sure that means what I think it means), so most of my detailing skills lend themselves to the people rather than to the world.
But Tigress has the most going for it at the moment. I have a solid idea of what the culture and principle land is like; it's primarily a pseudo Indian/Chinese grab bag, set in a lush jungle area. I think part of the reason I have a better grasp of this than I do others is I'm kinda following several Disney formulie. I'm plucking elements from the standard Disney story and using them in, what I hope are, new ways that are still familiar.
But the world around them isn't the focus of the story, it's the characters. I've spent this much time creating and putting so much into them, my style leans in the direction of putting them in the forefront instead of taking a lot of time to world view everything in a 360. I'll come up with what I need, and will make sure it fits nicely in with everything previous and following, but won't always think about more than that at the time.
This doesn't always work with all stories, but for this one it is.
I wish was more detailed like that, it's always a fun exercise, and it helps with immersing yourself into the world better for writing.
Of any, I'd say it'd most likely be Tigress. Really, nothing I'm working (or have worked) on is exactly what you would call "built", things are all pretty organic right now (which is a round about way of saying I'm almost making it up as I go). I tend to be more a character writer (...not sure that means what I think it means), so most of my detailing skills lend themselves to the people rather than to the world.
But Tigress has the most going for it at the moment. I have a solid idea of what the culture and principle land is like; it's primarily a pseudo Indian/Chinese grab bag, set in a lush jungle area. I think part of the reason I have a better grasp of this than I do others is I'm kinda following several Disney formulie. I'm plucking elements from the standard Disney story and using them in, what I hope are, new ways that are still familiar.
But the world around them isn't the focus of the story, it's the characters. I've spent this much time creating and putting so much into them, my style leans in the direction of putting them in the forefront instead of taking a lot of time to world view everything in a 360. I'll come up with what I need, and will make sure it fits nicely in with everything previous and following, but won't always think about more than that at the time.
This doesn't always work with all stories, but for this one it is.
I wish was more detailed like that, it's always a fun exercise, and it helps with immersing yourself into the world better for writing.