Space Dock 13, Home Page of Sword & Sorcery Author:
Wendy Christine Allen aka EelKat

Old Orchard Beach's Autistic Author, Artist, & Art Car Designer

Home of The Autism Awareness Car

Homepage for the Fantasy series:
The Adventures of The Pink Necromancer, Quaraun The Insane
-- ten MILLION copies sold and counting!

Founded in 1996, we are Maine's Oldest, Largest, & Most Trafficked Website.

Home to more than 10,000 articles aimed at helping young authors worldbuild, create characters, write novellas, edit manuscripts, design book covers, and self publish their work.

November 14, 2023 will be the 10 year anniversary of the November 14, 2013 murder of my 8 month old infant son, at BugLight Lighthouse Art Studio of Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, Maine. If you have any information about who his killer is, please call FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207-774-9322

NEVER FORGET:

My Son Was Murdered, The Killer Walks Free, Your Child Could Be Next!

FAQ: What are the most visited pages on this website and how many visits do they get?

Several years ago, I wrote an article on how to write different types of magic uses, or rather how I personally write various types of magic users within the context of my Quaraun books. Today that page is one of my top ten most visited articles. It gets 50 to 500 views/reads/hits/visits per day depending on the time of the years and has had over 200k visits total since it was published.

Amphibious Aliens: Debunking The Atwater Family's Alien Abduction Hoax with more then 30MILLION reads since 2007 and The GoldenEagle: Debunking Stephen King's World's Most Haunted Car Hoa x with over tenMILLION reads since 2007 still rank as the two most visited articles on my website, but, neither of those are writing related.

Writing Medieval Servants is my most visited writing related article with over 7MILLION reads.

This website was started in 1996 and has 1 to 3 new articles (all written by me, I am the only writer on this site) published almost daily. In 2017 we crossed ten thousand articles published. As of 2023, EACH article gets MINIMUM 10 to 70 reads PER DAY, with the high traffic articles getting 500+ reads per day.

And since December 2019, my website now gets three hundred thousand to 7 million reads per month - well over ONE HUNDRED MILLION PAGE READS PER YEAR, making it not only the single most trafficked site in the State of Maine, but also one of the most visited websites in ALL OF NEW ENGLAND!

{{{HUGS}}} Thank you to all my readers for making this possible!

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Your World: Weather & Climate
EelKat's Guide To World Building - The Squidoo Series

By EelKat Wendy C Allen

Author of Cozy & Gothic Fantasy, Sweet/Fluffy M/M Furry Romance, Cosmic Horror, Space Opera, & Literary SoL genres. I write Elves, Fae, Unicorns, & Demons.

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Does it look like earth, with mixed realms, deserts, swamps, forests, fields, jungles, seasons, warm, cold, everything all mixed together on one planet?
Or is it nothing like earth at all?
Is is barren rock like Mars?

Is it a single environment realm:
ice realm,
fire realm,
swamp world,
sandy wasteland,
other?

What season is it during the time of your story?
Or, let's expand this:
What seasons does your realm have in it?
Are they Spring-Summer-Fall-Winter?
Time of Rain and Time of Harvest?
Always summer?
Always winter?

What type of weather does your land have?
Lots of snow?
Raining fire?
Long stretches of dry weather?
How do weather patterns affect your characters?
Does acid rain keep them hidden in caves for weeks at a time?

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What do you want to become?
What did you do today to step closer to that goal?
Whatever you do, be your best at it!
And remember to have yourself a great and wonderfully glorious day!

~EK
EelKat.com
pinterest.com/eelkat/

By EelKat Wendy C Allen

If you ever made fun of or had any part in the destruction of my farm, and the illegal selling of half of my land to Colliard, you shall lose your land.

If you ever made fun of or had any part in my being homeless since 2006 - YES, I AM still homeless in 2023, you shall become homeless.

If you ever made fun of or had any part in the backhoe driving over my house, you shall lose your house.

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If you ever made fun of or had any part in my car being cut in half, you shall lose your car.

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If you ever made fun of or had any part in my becoming crippled, you shall lose your health.

If you ever made fun of or had any part in the murder of my son, your child shall die an equally horrible death.

Evil men go out of their way to try to drive a person to suicide.

Are you an evil man?

Are you sure you're not?

How many people have YOUR hate filled words killed?

Next time you go to do a mean thing to a fellow human, stop and really think about the consequences of your actions.

Did you ever notice how every one has a story to tell about me, yet not one of them ever speaks the truth?

What lies has YOUR gossiping tongue spread about me?

Did you know...

October 16, 2006, bomb blew up my house because of YOUR lies.

August 8, 2013, the house which replaced the one the bomb blew up, was driven over by a backhoe.

November 14, 2013, my 8 month old infant son was murdered because of your lies.

November 14, 2013, I was beaten up, paralized for 5 months, spent 18 weeks relearning to walk, I'm now crippled for the rest of my life, because of YOUR lies.

Are you proud of what you have done?

Enjoy your eternity in Hell. You earned it. You've certainly worked hard for it.

~EelKat

If you have any information about any of these events, please call FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207-774-9322

The 31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge:
Here are some Reddit Writing Prompts To Help You Discover More About Your World, By Inspiring You To Write Descriptions, Bios, Narratives, and/or Short Stories To Answer These Questions

I would like to do something a bit different for the 31 days of worldbuilding challenge, you can do it as well, if you like. But, here's the thought I had: Here on my website are several pages (70+ at the moment and more get added all the time) devoted to different aspects of world building... (If it has no link yet, it's because it's still under 2,000 words so I've not set it to live yet. Google requires an article to be 2,000 words long before they will index it)...

* A Place To Live | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Aquatic Life | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Birds | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Bring Your World Alive | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Bugs | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Child Sacrifice in Fantasy Novels | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Churches & Religion vs Fantasy | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Creating A Fantasy Realm | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Cults, Criminals, & Dark Lords | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Culture & Architecture | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Culture & Every Day Rituals | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Daily Life In The Middle Ages | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Do You Use A System of Power Scaling Your Wizards? | EelKat's Guide To Writing Fantasy

* Doing Research For Your Story | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Emotions | Eelkat On Character Creation

* Everyday Uses of Advanced Necromancy | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Family | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Fantasy Creatures | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* FarDaarig | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Food | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* GhoulSpawn & His Sheep | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Gingerbread | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Give Your Characters Better Motives | Eelkat On Character Creation

* God & Satan vs Fantasy | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Gods, Immortals, Demons, Angels, Heaven, & Hell | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Government | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* High Elves In High Fantasy: Elves, Drugs, & Opium | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* History | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Holy Days, Holidays, & Religious Rituals | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Horrors & Darkness | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* How do you make the story longer? | Novel Writing Tips

* How Do You Pick Character Names? | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* How To Write A Character Falling Asleep | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* How Would You Explain Your Fantasy World To a Random Stranger? | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Ideas, Where? | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Infodumps | Becoming A Better Writer

* Landscape | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Liches | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Lighting, Sun, Moon, Candles, Fire, Shadows | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Little People Big World: Government & Big Corpa vs The Every day average Joe | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Lost Treasures Your Adventures Are Looking For | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Lovecraftian Aliens & Demons | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Magic Systems and How To Build Them | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Mammals | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Markets, Merchants, & Guilds | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Marriages & Other Such Stuff | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Money | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Monsters | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Moon Elf Society | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* On Writing A Child Character | Eelkat On Character Creation

* Phookas | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Plant Life | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Politics | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Portals & Time Travel | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Psychotic Dead Things | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Question Everything Before Putting It Into Your World | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Reptiles & Amphibians | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Science Fiction & Space Fantasy | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Selecting a Theme For Your Story | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Skeletons In The Closet - Taboos In Your World | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Spell Casting Side Effects In Quaraun's Universe | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Suicide, Rape, & Abuse in The Quaraun Series | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Sun Elf Society | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* The Zaharam-Chapelle-Parunas Ethnographical Questionnaire

* Thullids | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Travel & World Size | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Travellers & Tourists | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Unicorns | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Unique Wildlife | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Water | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Weather & Climate | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* What does your world look like? | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* What is a God in your universe? | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* What is your world like? | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* What lives in your world? | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* What rules of magic do you use in your world's magic system and why? | EelKat's Guide To Writing Fantasy

* What the Ocean Gives Me | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* What will a traveler encounter on the roads in your world? | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* What's The Inciting Incident to Your Story? | Novel Writing Tips

* Why The Quaraun books Are Rated M18+ | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Wood Elf Society | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Worldbuilding Considerations | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Writing Albino Races Accurately | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Writing Elves & Wizards That Are Not LoTR | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Writing Prompts Syndrome

* Writing Violence Against Children In Horror | Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Look Into Quaraun's Violent Society

* Your Magic System | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Your Population | EelKat's Guide To Worldbuilding

* Your World. Your Head. | Eelkat's Guide To Worldbuilding

...and I would like to answer these questions/prompts, for EACH aspect.

For example, answer Day 1 on the plant page, answering the question focused on the plants of the region, than answer Day 1 focused on the population, than answer Day 1 focused on fantasy creatures, and so on and so forth, etc.

As such these prompts will appear on each page of the series, but my answers on each page will be different.

And as there are 70+ pages that I'm putting this on (linked above) that means I will have to answer EACH of the 3 questions for each of the 31 Days + the 9 Bonus days 70+ times answering each differently.

The challenge is actual 40 days, because it's 31 days + 9 bonus days. And each day has 3 questions. Meaning there are 120 questions total.

40 x 70 = 2,800 days x 3 = 8,400 questions total.

40 x 70 = 2,800 days \ 365 = 7+ years to complete this task, if I did only 1 per day, the way the challenge says to do.

Sooooo...

Today is May 15, 2021.

This means it could take me up to 2028 or more to complete this challenge.

Well, let's get started then and see how long it takes me to complete this. Tjis is definitly going to be a long term work-in-progress.

If you would like to do this challenge on your own website or blog, head to the Reddit page for the prompt, under the post, click the "SHARE" button, click the "EMBED" button, the follow the instructions on Reddit's popup to create the type of code your website uses, than click "COPY" and paste the code Reddit gives you into the HTML box of your webpage/blog. Than type your answer under it.

If you would like to post your answer publicly or see the publicly posted answers of others, click on the links to head to Reddit and see the full prompt page of each prompt, submit your own answer on the thread, or read the answers of others.

Most of these prompts had 20 to 50 submissions, some have 100 to 200 or more, so there is quite a lot of answers on each if you are looking for a lot of worldbuilding Fantasy reading to do.

For each prompt, I've included 1 to 4 example submissions from others, also via Reddit's embed codes. If you enjoy a writer's sample, be sure to click on their username link, and check out ALL of their submissions on Reddit.

I've tried to choose examples only from writers whom have large samples of their work published online. Many of them have their own websites where they feature their work, most are published or working towards publication, while others are DnD Dungeon Masters who build vast worlds for their campaigns and post them on persona DnD blogs.

They are all amazing writers, so be sure to check out their Reddit profiles for lists of links to their websites, blogs, WattPad/Deviant Art free-to-read-online accounts, SmashWords/Amazon profiles, web serials, etc.

Many of them are self-published via Kindle, so if you like their work, be sure to support them by buying their Kindle and/or Kindle Paperback editions.

So, I was over on Reddit, you like I often am, and found this question. And answered it, like I do. However, the answer I initially gave was a simple generic answer. If you want to read my original answer unaltered, simply click on Reddit's embed feature links which Reddit provides for webmasters to be able to post their answers on their websites, while linking back to the original thread on Reddit (if you didn't know Reddit offered and encouraged the use of this feature, look for it in the "share" features underneath every post, comment, and reply on Reddit).

I am answering random questions today about world building, over on Reddit and decided to take my answers from there and expand upon them even further over here. So that's what this page is. Me rambling on about various aspects of world building techniques I use when writing the Quaraun series. The questions I am answering are embedded here. Clicking the link in the embedded question will take you to the original Reddit page where you can see the original answer along with other people's answers. If you wish to comment, you can do so on the Reddit page where a place to do so is provided.

In any case, as with all of my Reddit answers found on my site here, my original post on Reddit is much shorter then the article here.

The 31 Day Worldbuilding Challenge:
Weather & Climate Edition

So, the goal here is to complete the challenge, but to do it with weather related focus.

Can I make every prompt be not only what the question asks for but also, related to the weather somehow?

We are going to find out.

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 1 of 31:
Famous Townsperson(Local), River Basin(Region), Disputed Territory(World)

Edit: Day 2 is This way!

Well, technically 31+ days of worldbuilding prompts. The goal is to follow along each day and make at least one thing for your world based on one of the categories: Local Area, Regional Area, or Worldwide. That way, you can focus on what you need most for your world even if you don't have much time each day to work on stuff!

For my submissions, I'm going to try and do all three each day, but barring that, I'm going to focus on the local area category for the Region of El in my Nomads of Sky Setting, since I've got a campaign coming up there.

Famous Townsperson: Terrance Mortighast - A well known bounty hunter, but his age is starting to get to him. Not only has he been letting more and more bounties pass him by, but rumor has it that he doesn't even chase his quarry beyond of the Free Cities anymore.

River Basin: Wisp Willow Falls - This once-pristine feature has seen a lot of development over the years due to how readily Wisp Willow, A plant that normally only grows around the very edge of an island, grows there. The area now hails as one of El's primary Aerillium producers.

Disputed Territory: Fermia Archipelago - Known primarily for it's Red Metal Mines, the remoteness of this island chain means that it generally gets claimed by whichever country happens to be passing closest to it at the time. It is one of the few lands to travel near enough to the Maelstrom to be dangerous, though, which gives the island chain a brief period of respite every few years. An ironic sort of peace, really.

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 2 of 31:
A Noble Family(Local), An Exported Good(Region), A Dying Land(World)

Figured I'd post a bit early so that people have time to get those creative juices flowing before the day of, and because some were waiting to do a couple of days together in order to catch up.

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

I'll post my own takes once it's actually the 2nd of May in my Timezone.

Happy Worldbuilding Everyone!

Day 1 <-- | --> Day 3

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 3 of 31:
A Corrupt Politician(Local), A Religious Order(Region), A Stormy Sea(World)

Alright, Round 3 of our 31 Day Challenge!

For folks just tuning in, We're following the prompts listed here.

There are a few MulliganPrompts ^Thanks ^to ^{/u/Icy-Conference-5092} ^for ^the ^term ^:D at the bottom in case today's selection isn't jelling with anyone. Those are listed as letters instead of days.

I've decided to keep posting these around this time since my timezone is trails the end of the day. So, hopefully, that works for everyone.

Anyway, Good luck worldbuilding today!

Day 2 <-- | --> Day 4

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 4 of 31:
A Domesticated Creature(Local), A Rare Resource(Region), An Icy Reach(World)

Day 4 and everyone's done awesome work so far, keep it up!

For those who've missed it, we're following these prompts each day, with extras at the bottom for those who get mental block.

Day 3 <-- | --> Day 5

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 5 of 31:
An Abandoned Mine(Local), A Trade Route(Region), A mysterious Archipelago(World)

Greetings again everyone!

Bonus points if you can say why the mine was abandoned, what's the main trade along the route, and how many islands are in your archipelago!

Also, the points don't matter, so long as you're having fun.

Again, prompts are from here, with extra prompts at the bottom if none of today's are doing it for you :D

Day 4 <-- | --> Day 6

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 6 of 31:
A Local Delicacy(Local), A Wooded Farmland(Region), An Unusual Coastline(World)

I've gone and added page links so that peeps can see what everyone wrote during previous days!

Prompts are posted here, with extra prompts at the bottom if none of today's agree with you :D

Day 5 <-- | --> Day 7

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 7 of 31:
An Old Memorial(Local), A Borderline Cult(Region), An Expanding Forest(World)

Apologies for the delay, but I'm posting this from my phone, so bare with me.

Bonus points question: why don't the cult members don't think it's a cult?

Prompts are posted here, with extra prompts at the bottom if you need them :D

Anyway, happy worldbuilding!

Day 6 <-- | --> Day 8

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 8 of 31:
A Calm Pond(Local), The Highest Point of Elevation(Region), A Wild Brushland(World)

Aha! One week down,everyone! Hope everyone's been able to keep up at least a little bit. I know my work hasn't left me with too much time as of late.

Today's batch has a bunch of natural features, huh?

Prompts are posted here, with extra prompts at the bottom if you need them :D

Have fun everyone, and happy worldbuilding!

Day 7 <-- | --> Day 9

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 9 of 31:
An Inspiring Vista(Local), A Winding River(Region), A Rolling Highland(World)

Who knew that there were so many rivers, huh?

Bonus points if any of today's prompts harbor some sort of dark secret!

Prompts are posted here, with extra prompts at the bottom if you need them :D

And with that I bestow upon you some happy worldbuilding!

Day 8 <-- | --> Day 10

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 10 of 31:
A Busy Marketplace(Local), A Dangerous Route(Region), A Major Port City(World)

Finally back to some sort of civilization with these prompts! And with the challenge hitting day 10! Roughly a third down, so I hope everyone's still going strong.

Prompts are posted here, with extra prompts at the bottom if you need them :D

As always, happy worldbuilding!

Day 9 <-- | --> Day 11

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 11 of 31:
A Place of Worship(Local), A Hidden Secret(Region), An Active Warzone(World)

Bonus points if all three are the same thing!

Prompts are posted here, with extra prompts at the bottom if you need them :D

Good luck, worldbuilders!

Day 10 <-- | --> Day 12

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 12 of 31:
A Form of Contraband(Local), A Branch of Government(Region), An Active Volcano(World)

Bonus points: Hows your volcano activity on a scale of dead, to Saint Helens, to Yellowstone extinction event?

Prompts are posted here, with extra prompts at the bottom if you need them :D

For those of you catching up a few days late, here's a "Happy Worldbuilding" from the past!

Day 11 <-- | --> Day 13

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

A Form of Contraband

Dreams are a commodity in many of the markets of my world. A bottled creature that will give you a pleasant night's sleep and a dream created by design. However the quality that these dreams have means they are also surprisingly expensive and addictive. Many people who run out of dreams seek out cheaper alternatives. Since the dreammarket is highly regulated these are not always entirely legal, let alone safe to use. They may incude nightmares or worse, create a permanent comatose state.

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

Getting To Know Your World & It's People Using
31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge!
Day 13 of 31:
Annual Festival(Local), A Merchant Guild (Region), A Paradise Island(World)

Hope everyone's still trucking along!

Bonus points today: Does your guild have a signet/seal used for official documents?

Prompts are posted here, with extra prompts at the bottom if you need them :D

Wishing you all some Happy Worldbuilding!

Day 12 <-- | --> Day 14

If none of these prompts work for you today, Don't forget that there's a few extra prompts at the bottom of the 31 Days of Worldbuilding List

Examples From Others:

My Answer:

I have not yet answered this

Local:

Region:

World:

Bonus:

Bonus Added By Me:

Bonus: How do these 3 things come together?

Has Quaraun Yet Encountered These Things?
If so, how did they affect him?
If not, will he? Why or why not?:

NOTE: The Reddit post series for The 31 Days of Worldbuilding Challenge, ended at 13 instead of 31, but the chart gives us what the rest of the prompts should have been, so I will continue the list of the remaining prompts without links to Reddit posts as there were no more Reddit posts made in this series after Day 13.

EelKat's Guide to
World Building For Fiction Writers
The Complete Article Index

The list below are the original pages written in 2003 for a WordPress Blog, and republished on Squidoo in 2007:

<<< Back To EelKat's Guide to World Building For Fiction Writers

Or Head To Another Article In This Series:

Creating a Fantasy Realm

Level of Reality

What is your world like?

What does your world look like?

What lives in your world?

Who lives in your world?

What type of animal life is in your world?

Is it a single environment realm?

Holiday and Holy Days in Fantasy Realms

What kind of plant life is there in your world?

What type of weather does your land have?

Your World: The Landscape

Your World: The Water

Cultures and Architecture In Your World

Timelines of World History

A Place To Live?

What about your population? How well do you know them?

What is the economy like?

What is family life like?

Writing Short Stories About Your Universe

Survival Stories

Fictional Travel Writing or Writing about how your characters get from Point A to Point B

Vampire Stories

Zombie Stories

Do Your Characters Match Where They Live? or Do your characters match their environment?

How do your characters act? Culture and Rituals in your world.

Peoples of Your World: Their Cultures, Traditions, and Ways of Life

Marriages & Other Such Stuff in Fantasy or Sci-Fi? Should there even be marriages like in the real world?

Churches & Religion vs Fantasy & Science Fiction

God & Satan vs Fantasy & Science Fiction

Does your world have fantasy creatures (fantasy creatures from Earth mythology: dragons, faeries, etc)? If so what kind?

Your World: Mammals

Your World: Birds

Your World: Reptiles & Amphibians

Your World: Aquatic Life

Your World: Bugs

Your World: Unique Wildlife

The Magic System: How important is it to create a magical system for your world?

Mushroom Forest

Things You Can Do To Bring Your World Alive

Writing about Snow

Some Thoughts on Writing About Real Places In Fictional Novels

My inspiration comes home: Winter in Maine

For help in creating characters in genre fiction try:

EelKat's Guide to Character Creation

Even more articles have been written for this series since then:

Question Everything Before Putting It In Your World

As there are now more then 100 articles for this series, it now has it's own index page on which to list them all, as there are just too many to keep adding them to this end of article list. You can find the complete listing of all the World Building articles here now:

Fantasy World Building...Writing Fantasy Books
| World Building For Authors |
My Answers To The Zaharam-Chapelle-Parunas
Ethnographical Questionnaire and More...

Books I Use When Creating Fantasy Worlds:

*UPDATE: ADDED November 7, 2013 - I suppose one thing I should point out at this point, before we go any farther, is my use of the word fantasy throughout this series. The bulk of this set of articles was written 7 years ago in April of 2006, parts of it appearing on EK's Star Log and other parts of it appearing on my personal Squidoo account. In the 7 years since writing this I've received hundreds of emails regarding it. A common question asked being: "Why do you talk of building a fantasy world if you don't write Fantasy?"

ANSWER: Fantasy with a capital "F" is the name of a type of fiction, in other words Fantasy is a genre. I do not write Fantasy fiction of the Fantasy genre, that is correct. I do however create fantasy realms for my Science Fiction and Horror works. I write Dark Fantasy, which is a sub-genre of Horror and Space Fantasy which is a sub-genre of Science Fiction.

Did you see it? No? Let me point it out: I write about fantasy worls as the exist in Horror and Sci-Fi but I do not write about fantasy world as they exist in Fantasy Fiction.

If it is not real it is fiction, if it exists only in fiction it it fantastical, if it is fantastical it is a fantasy item, because it is not a real item, however being fantastical does not make it part of the Fantasy genre, just as not everything in the Fantasy genre is always fantastical in nature.

The word "fantasy" with a lower case "f" is a word that means "not real" and has nothing to do with the Fantasy genre (capital "F") at all. And therefore when I say "fantasy realm" I mean a world that is NOT the Earth on which you and I live on in the real world, and am in no way, shape, or form referring to the Fantasy genre.

The methods I use to create my fantasy realms can be applied to ANY genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, Western, etc.

2013 World-Building Series UPDATE:

Due to issues with content scraping, outright plagiarism, some of my articles appearing on OTHER Squidoo member accounts without my permission, and many of my "Squidoo articles" being stolen off Squidoo and posted without my permission on various blogs and sites including Wikipedia and Helium; all of my articles are in the process of being removed from Squidoo.

This series of World Building articles in one that has been heavily plagiarized over the years and as of September 2013, it can only OFFICIALLY be found here on EelKat.com - if you find it posted elsewhere, know it was stolen and I am not receiving royalties for it.

2014 Update:

As you know, or not, Squidoo owners Bonnie and Kimberly-Dawn stole thousands of Squidoo articles from Squidoo members, and tried to pass them off as their own, resulting in the lawsuit against Squidoo owners for the theft of tens of thousands of articles.

More than 100 of my articles were transferred off my Squidoo account and moved to Bonnie's account,

including the one about my cars The Dazzling Razzberry,
the one about The World's Most Haunted Car,
the one about the theft of my car,
my Autism lenses,
my Lord Sesshomaru series
and my Amphibious Aliens article;

while my authorship and writing articles, including this world-building series were deleted off my Squidoo account and transferred to Kimberly-Dawn's account!

!!!!!!!

I am shocked and flabbergasted at what these 2 women have done. That they thought they could get away with stealing so many articles from so many authors! Buying Squidoo from Seth Godin, did not give then the rights to our articles and these two horrible women had no right to delete them off of our member accounts and republish them on their own accounts, trying to pass them off as their own.

More then 100 Squidoo authors have gathered together in lawsuit against Squidoo owners, Bonnie and Kimberly-Dawn. The result of that is, Bonnie and Kimberly-Dawn, to avoid their asses being sued to hell and back, have now transferred the Squidoo lenses back to their original owners and deleted the entire Squidoo website.

Squidoo is officially gone. It exists no more. Squidoo is dead. Most Squidoo writers have opted to move to Hub Pages as HubPages has bought the remaining shambles of what is left of Seth Godin's Squidoo after Bonnie and Kimberly-Dawn massaquered it in their article stealing frenzy.

While I do have a HubPages account and my remaining Squidoo Lenses can be found there temporarily, they are being moved here and deleted off HubPages as I move them

April 2017 UPDATE:

As of now, all on my 600+ Squidoo pages are now moved here to EelKat.com and no more are remaining on HubPages.

It's hard to believe, Squidoo has been gone for 4 years now. It was such a big part of my life for a decade.

Your World: Weather & Climate EelKat's Guide To World Building - The Squidoo Series