Having a small break, well a month actually, from the grim reality of my sefuty world. April is the month of collective madness as a bunch of bloggers, last I heard it huge! enter the A-Z blog challenge.
This year I am going to A-Z'ing about world building each day (except Sundays) over on kissafrog. Not a new world but this one of ours which has enough amazing magical strangeness about it to satisfy any teacher of world building:)
World building fascinates me – such power for the
creator. However, there are rules, and
for successful world building the rules are clear enough. There must be logical/reasonable geography
and history, culture, life forms, myths and legends and, if a fantasy or
fairytale, there must be magic both natural and controlled (magic also has
rules, did you know?) Higher beings, who
control the magic or who know the secrets.
A whole lot of other stuff as well, such as leaders,politics,
technologies etc.
So on this mad merry go round I will have some of the above – the reason
for the geography, some flora and fauna.
I will discuss a little sociology and anthropological aspects, not much
I don’t want to bore you. There will be some natural magic and some invented,
some mention of the special few who control it.
I will be discussing the origins and uses of some of the words on albertaross, and will be back here in May.
I haven't written all the blogs yet just the first week's , if something pertinent to sefutychronicles comes up I will post here as well. I might still have guests on the Red Carpet during April - so not entirely closed. See you soon
Follow my world build on kissafrog and albertaross
Do you know, for ages I thought it was word building. It's always confused me. But now I've read it correctly! Can't wait to see how you build your world!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how we mis-hear and continue wondering - happens a lot in my 'not quite with it in this reality' mind:)
DeleteMy A-Z world is really just pointing out how weired and wonderufl this world is. Will be following up after April over there on kissafrog on some of the interesting things I have found in my research
will be back here soon to continue how I built the sefuty world
I am actually struggling with my world and getting everything thought through, while not putting in too much back story...etc. Thanks for the posts! Good luck A to Z-ing!
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult isn't it- one wants everyone els to see it all - I think it is a matter of knowing it so well in your head that it flows out quite naturaly - but I don't know how complicated yours is.:)
Deletethanks for good wishes
Hello from a fellow A to Z blogger! I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic fiction and it sounds like you have an interesting scenario. Which of the three groups are your protagonists in?
ReplyDeleteNot sure I quite understand - are there distinct groups? have I missed something here- wouldn't surprise me if I have mind - old lady- old brain:)
DeleteI'm looking forward to reading your posts for the A to Z Challenge. Thanks for stopping by my Blog and commenting. :)
ReplyDeletemy pleasure - hope to get back - time ah time I do wish there was more:)
DeleteI too am writing a supernatural thriller. Creating a believable world can be a challenge, but it sounds like you've got a handle on it. Looking forward to reading your piece. Best of luck.
ReplyDeletenot sure i could manage a thriller - so many twists and turns - set in a different world you'd really need to know it well:)
Deletethanks for the luck - will be back here in May
A-Z ing progresses well over on kissafrog - except for today when the site won't let me put up K is for transplants - hoping it will be fixed before the witching hour - it will be posted either here or on albertaross - aghhh when things in cyberland go wrong:(
ReplyDeleteLove your sense of humor! I have an Irish friend who sounds like you.
ReplyDeleteI see your frog affiliation. Understand why my frog post would upset you. See you soon!
Oh fun! Let me know how the A-Z challenge works out!
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