I recently attended an employer-mandated cultural competency course, and while I don’t feel any more culturally competent than I did before the workshop, one of the exercises we participated in provided a great template for constructing a detailed culture in twenty minutes. I’ve talked before about how important it is to flesh out cultures when [...]
7 Steps to designing a culture
Filed under Tips & Tools on November 25, 2008
Tagged: cultures, fantasy fiction, world-building
Building a fantasy fiction world: cultures
Filed under Tips & Tools on May 29, 2008
Tagged: cultures, fantasy fiction, government, races, religion, social mores, world-building
Now that you’ve determined the geography of your fantasy world and developed its history, it’s time to create the cultures that exist therein. “Cultures” really means people, and includes factors such as races, religions, forms of government, and social mores that define who they are. These topics all shape how the inhabitants of your fantasy [...]
