Comments on: The Truth About World Building Disease https://worldbuildingschool.com/the-truth-about-world-building-disease/ An online resource for building imaginary worlds. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:50:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Jelena https://worldbuildingschool.com/the-truth-about-world-building-disease/#comment-8 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:01:52 +0000 http://worldbuilding.wolfburr.com/?p=68#comment-8 I’m writing my first book of a sci-fi dilogy about an alien being and the incident he is dragged into and is forced to solve in order to continue with his goal.

Since there is no connection to Earth or humans at all (so the term “alien” is quite relative), I had to create several species, cultures and technology from scratch. This is where all the science and world building comes in.

Well, smth like that.

~J

]]> By: Nathan Smith https://worldbuildingschool.com/the-truth-about-world-building-disease/#comment-7 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:14:58 +0000 http://worldbuilding.wolfburr.com/?p=68#comment-7 In reply to Jelena.

Aye Jelena, I agree, there are soo many things to distract and steal our time. I find I spend hours stroll past without anything productive being achieved. Maybe it’s just me who puts off my story writing in favour of building the world hehe.

What story/world are you working on at the moment?

]]> By: Jelena https://worldbuildingschool.com/the-truth-about-world-building-disease/#comment-6 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:38:30 +0000 http://worldbuilding.wolfburr.com/?p=68#comment-6 You do have a point there, Nathan. It can become an addiction if not properly controlled. 🙂 But world building is no greater sickness than web surfing in search of articles on world building and other “useful” information for writers. And who knows, maybe Internet life is more time consuming than actual world building.

I admit, I’m a world building nerd who even keeps a blog on her favorite subject. And I’m damn serious about that stuff. But it never kept me away from my actual stories. It made them truly unique. 🙂

~J

]]> By: Lex Mosgrove https://worldbuildingschool.com/the-truth-about-world-building-disease/#comment-5 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:52:53 +0000 http://worldbuilding.wolfburr.com/?p=68#comment-5 Ah, theories… they’re dangerous and elusive beings, so watch out. 😉

]]> By: Nathan A Smith https://worldbuildingschool.com/the-truth-about-world-building-disease/#comment-4 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:36:49 +0000 http://worldbuilding.wolfburr.com/?p=68#comment-4 haha thanks Lex.

World Building Disease is definitely one of my issues when it comes to actually sitting down to writing my stories. To be hoenst that’s one of the main reasons I founded this website. This way I can do all the world building I want and not feel guilty about neglecting my story, that’s the theory anyways hehe.

Nate

]]> By: Lex Mosgrove https://worldbuildingschool.com/the-truth-about-world-building-disease/#comment-3 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:11:39 +0000 http://worldbuilding.wolfburr.com/?p=68#comment-3 This definition up there is so hilariously realistic it should be included in some medical manual… wait a second… *chases plot bunny*

Er, well, about Worldbuilding Disease… this goes for research, too. Guilty as charged. You never do enough of that either, or so it seems. (Well, here’s the Writing Excuses podcast on the matter: http://tinyurl.com/5hwceq)

As for your readers, I’m currently drawing a science fiction/fantasy graphic novel. And I defy stereotyping, because that’s my secret superpower (along with getting lost in a particular tram station every single time). 😛

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