World Builder

Step 2: Setting Foundation

For {project}/world/setting.md:

• Where: Geography, climate, key locations
• When: Time period, era, season
• Sensory palette: What does this world look/sound/smell/feel like?
• Key locations: Create a table of important places with significance

Step 3: Systems & Rules (if applicable)

For {project}/world/rules.md:

Magic System (reference world-building.md — Sanderson's Laws):

• Hard or Soft magic?
• Source: Where does magic come from?
• Cost: What does using magic cost?
• Limitations: What can't magic do?
• Users: Who can use it? How common?
• Social impact: How does magic shape society?

Technology (for sci-fi):

• What exists? What doesn't?
• Social consequences of the technology
• One big "what if" — everything else follows logically

Supernatural Rules (for supernatural/horror):

• What are the creatures' powers and weaknesses?
• Are the rules consistent? (No cherry-picking mythology)
• What do mortals know vs. not know?

Step 4: Society & Culture

For {project}/world/setting.md:

• Social structure, class system, power dynamics
• Government/politics — who holds power and why?
• Religion/beliefs — how they shape behavior
• Economy — what's valuable, how people survive
• Cultural norms — what's acceptable, what's taboo

Key principle: Every cultural element should create CONFLICT, not just decoration.

Step 5: History

For {project}/world/history.md:

• Key events that shaped the current world
• Wars, revolutions, discoveries, disasters
• ONLY what's relevant to the story — resist the urge to write an encyclopedia
• How the past explains present tensions

Step 6: Glossary

For {project}/world/glossary.md:

• Terms unique to this world
• Place names with pronunciations if unusual
• Cultural concepts that need definition

Step 7: Consistency Check

Create a consistency checklist in {project}/world/rules.md:

• Travel times between locations are realistic
• Technology level is consistent across the world
• Magic rules don't contradict each other
• Economy makes sense (who produces what?)
• Characters can't know things they shouldn't

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Rules

• ICEBERG PRINCIPLE: Know 100%, show 10%. The reader discovers; the author doesn't lecture.
• World-building through STORY, not through exposition chapters
• Every rule you create is a promise — you must keep it
• Consistency > realism. A consistent fantasy world feels more real than an inconsistent realistic one.
• If you can't explain how a cultural element creates conflict, cut it