In this video, you will learn how to create the world for your novel. Among other things, you will learn in six steps how to immerse yourself in an immersive world, which two different types of reality you can create, and which helpful examples will help you do this.

This video discusses:

[01:00] What is world building?
[01:53] Real world vs. second world fantasy
[03:01] Your six-step guide to building a world
[03:09] Step 1: Plan (but don’t plan too much)
[03:43] Step 2: Describe your world
[04:49] Step 3: Populate your world
[05:27] Step 4: Define the story of your world
[06:15] Step 5: Determine the culture of your world
[06:56] Step 6: Energize your world
[07:52] Summary

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Blog: A step-by-step guide to immersive worldbuilding:
https://jerryjenkins.com/worldbuilding/

How to describe the setting of a story:
https://jerryjenkins.com/setting-of-a-story/

7 Story Elements:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vxXeXyxDmsn4

How to write a novel:
My proven 12-step process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vRn__v80q7_w&ab_channelJerryB.Jenkins

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