The
whole kingdom around these three books is something I didn’t actually plan
about until… well… book three.
Ouch. Yeah.
In “Befriending the Beast,” I just
needed where Belle had lived and where she was living now. In “The SecretSlipper,” I needed a little more, so I added a few towns. Then, when it came to
“Protecting the Poor,” I needed to know more intricate details of Abtshire. So
finally—belatedly—I drew a map.
And now you see why I’m not an artist. ;P
So I
sat down to plan. What was north, south, west, east of Abtshire? I’m visual, so
I needed to see the layout. Oh the woes of pantsering. But I think I learned a
lesson. Next time I worldbuild, I’ll start at the beginning of the series
(though in my defense, I didn’t know this was going to be a series).
Have you
done any world-building? What things helped you? What would you recommend to
other world builders?
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