By Bethany Tucker.
World building can be a lot of fun. It’s the sandbox and Legos
of writing. Creating landscapes, dreaming up cities or towers. For me, and I
hope for you, it’s a chance to play, daydream, and indulge. Imagine an
invitation to revel in the vastness of imagination. Dream up the grand, the
funny, the poignant and the momentous. Don’t forget the details – small imperfections, the minor
annoyances, the hilarious, and the somber. Bring the science. Forge new
religions. Riff off the old mythologies. This is what makes fantasy, as a
genre, so complex, diverse, and endlessly readable. And so wonderfully
satisfying!
