Help with Worldbuilding?

[GibbaWithAttitude]

Hey, I like to write for fun and I’m wondering if there are any ways I should approach worldbuilding with. A lot of fantasy worlds make up their own mythologies and gods and such. How do I worldbuild in relation to Christianity?

 

[Ophiolite]

One possibility is to read The Chronicles of Narnia. Reflect on what you read. Read them again, taking copious notes. Reflect further. Decide which techniques you could incorporate in your own work. Proceed from there.

 

[DennisTate]

Hey, I like to write for fun and I’m wondering if there are any ways I should approach worldbuilding with. A lot of fantasy worlds make up their own mythologies and gods and such. How do I worldbuild in relation to Christianity?

This book can give you some ideas on how four dimensional space - time and fifth and sixth are operational in and behind the scenes in England.

 

[DennisTate]

I believe that the near death experience of Dr. George Ritchie on near-death .com will help you. He was shown events going on in four higher invisible dimensions that sure fits with the Christian scriptures.

 

[Alistair_Wonderland]

"How do I worldbuild in relation to Christianity?"

Me: *sees "profile lists as Atheist* Um... okay.

Actually, not being a Christian might put you in the perfect position to base your fantasy works in Christianity. Too many Christian-based stories get too preachy, rather than just developing an interesting world and story.

Here's a few ideas: read some of the Bible. There are a lot of elements of the Bible which are very fantastic. You have prophets who are basically wizards, demons, angels, all manner of crazy creatures (read the book of Revelation for some fun ideas), and magic. I'm working on my own fantasy series where, while not explicitly Christian, does have Christian messages, and magic is a part of that world, because people seem to forget that God has magic, too! I mean, you can call them miracles and try to differentiate them, but Satan was a fallen angel. None of his power, even magic, is something that he made himself. God gave it to him. Ergo, while a lot of people condemn fantasy for "promoting sorcery and witchcraft", I see it as there are two types of magic: good and evil.

A lot of fantasy can stem from Christianity. The golem was something which originally came from Jewish stories of a rabbi making a clay statue and God giving it life. Approaching Christianity as an atheist may be beneficial to you, because you can view it the way people view, say, Greek mythology, and you can build upon it for the sake of creating an interesting world, not for preaching a message.

Want some ideas to inspire you? Read Shadowmancer and its sequels by G.P. Taylor. It's strongly based in Christian belief, but in an interesting and fantastic light that makes it very interesting for anyone regardless of their religious beliefs. Great inspiration if you're going in a somewhat dark, Gothic direction.

 

[Samuel Preston]

Has anyone come across good scripture focused editing software that works with Microsoft Word? I found two and am curious if anyone has any reviews of them?

1. PerfectIt
1b. Review of it by a Christian writer.
2. And a broader list of options.
3. And Bibliedit?

 

[Joyous Song]

I write some fantasy stories and these require world building. This requires knowledge of science, ecology, plant tectonics and weather, and that is if all you do is build a story based on earth, sun about the same density and distance and one moon. Add moons or remove one and gravity changes. This is why fantasy still is found with science fiction because like science fiction, good quality fantasy requires world building.

If you like to learn things, can self teach yourself facts and don't mind spending a few years acquiring what you need, world building is possible, but if prefer not to, create a fantasy, like the Dresden Files

 

[mindlight]

Hey, I like to write for fun and I’m wondering if there are any ways I should approach worldbuilding with. A lot of fantasy worlds make up their own mythologies and gods and such. How do I worldbuild in relation to Christianity?

Since you are an atheist, a project that might have some value to you is to read the bible and then to create characters that inhabit that biblical world as if it were all real. You might find the experience transformative. You can choose from a multitude of cultures and or historical time frames, extend your project into the experience of the church through history in Japan and elsewhere and the possibilities are unlimited.