World-Building: Starting from a Seed

Even the largest stories and the broadest settings can start from a concise idea — a “what if”. Another way to look at it is as a “seed” that can sprout into a whole world, or a vast corner of a larger universe. World-building can be viewed as simply one of many elements for general storytelling, or it can be its own craft or pastime.

For about an hour and a half, we’ll be working from one or more starting points for a new world altogether, and/or a significant part of an already existing one. At the moment, it’ll be a collaborative project, but if people want to work on their own projects and share at the end, we can do that, too. It can be for any genre. The goal isn’t to make something all that polished — the main focus is to do something fun.