3 types of worldbuilding with 3 bestsellers

Good worldbuilding is essential for a fantasy/sci-fi book, or even for a story set in the future.

But what is it, exactly?

Good worldbuilding is essential for a fantasy/sci-fi book, or even for a story set in the future.But what is it, exactly?1.Christelle Dabos’s The Mirror Visitor Set in a future where the world cracked open, the main character Ophelia lives in an ark (a chuck of the old planet Earth) where everybody has the power of controlling objects. Every item seems to have emotional bonds with the owner, and a strange ability of judging if a situation is dangerous, leading to often humoristic-sounding situations.On the other arks, there are different powers: a population can control senses, winds, temperatures etc. This world was created from scratch and carries almost nothing of the normal world, apart from some 1800’s Russia vibes. 2.Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire) In the universe where every main character dies, Martin created a world with a different geographical and cultural asset from ours, but took a lot of inspiration from actual medieval History, and then added fantastic creatures and magic. Essentially, he had to mesh cultures and events to recreate the atmosphere of medieval soldiers, intrigues at the king’s court and nomads, therefore creating a world that hasn’t existed before, but that will remind you of the most beautiful supernatural stories from the 1500s. 3. Shadowhunters New York in the fall, with red leaves and coffee and … an abandoned church that actually is the place where the defenders of the human race hide. Cassandra Clare basically placed in 2010s New York a few places (actually hidden in plain sight thanks to magic) where supernatural beings gather.Geography doesn’t really suffer changes, apart from the fact that the original country of the Shadowhunters is called Alicante and is in Europe. Just like, well, the original town of Alicante, Spain. Would have suggested a different name or location. In my case, my novel is pretty close to the Game of Thrones category.I’ve build a “new earth” and set it in the 1990s. There’s two hemispheres divided by an ocean where some of the biggest islands fight or prosper. A lot of these nations have different governments. For example, one is a matriarchal monarchy and another is a patriarchal democracy. Culture, religion, society also vary a lot, from open-minded, cosmopolitan countries to ancestral realms where the queen is a sexist tyrant, to the strongest (military talking) nation, who only accepts women in the army and at the government, to decadent societies where the old splendor of the kings has been devastated by the war. And you? What is your novel setting like? Tell me in the comments,and consider subscribing to my blog for more articles like this! list them from the most original to the one who has the most amount of “reality” in it.

1.Christelle Dabos’s The Mirror Visitor

Set in a future where the world cracked open, the main character Ophelia lives in an ark (a chuck of the old planet Earth) where everybody has the power of controlling objects. Every item seems to have emotional bonds with the owner, and a strange ability of judging if a situation is dangerous, leading to often humoristic-sounding situations.

On the other arks, there are different powers: a population can control senses, winds, temperatures etc.

This world was created from scratch and carries almost nothing of the normal world, apart from some 1800’s Russia vibes.

2.Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire)

In the universe where every main character dies, Martin created a world with a different geographical and cultural asset from ours, but took a lot of inspiration from actual medieval History, and then added fantastic creatures and magic.

Essentially, he had to mesh cultures and events to recreate the atmosphere of medieval soldiers, intrigues at the king’s court and nomads, therefore creating a world that hasn’t existed before, but that will remind you of the most beautiful supernatural stories from the 1500s.

3. Shadowhunters

New York in the fall, with red leaves and coffee and … an abandoned church that actually is the place where the defenders of the human race hide.

Cassandra Clare basically placed in 2010s New York a few places (actually hidden in plain sight thanks to magic) where supernatural beings gather.

Geography doesn’t really suffer changes, apart from the fact that the original country of the Shadowhunters is called Alicante and is in Europe. Just like, well, the original town of Alicante, Spain. Would have suggested a different name or location.

In my case, my novel is pretty close to the Game of Thrones category.

I’ve build a “new earth” and set it in the 1990s. There’s two hemispheres divided by an ocean where some of the biggest islands fight or prosper. A lot of these nations have different governments. For example, one is a matriarchal monarchy and another is a patriarchal democracy. Culture, religion, society also vary a lot, from open-minded, cosmopolitan countries to ancestral realms where the queen is a sexist tyrant, to the strongest (military talking) nation, who only accepts women in the army and at the government, to decadent societies where the old splendor of the kings has been devastated by the war.

And you? What is your novel setting like?

Tell me in the comments,

and consider subscribing to my blog for more articles like this!