5 World Building Tips (Vol 2, #13): Government Types Here are today’s world building tips! The theme is sovereign powers. You can read more in Chapter 5, “Creating Sovereign Powers”, from Creating Places, (The Art of World Building, #2). Tip #1: Read More …
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Podcast Episode 13.1 – How to Create Land Features
Episode 13.1: Learn How to Create Land Features Listen as host Randy Ellefson talks about how to create land features, including mountains, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, and various kinds of forests, from woodlands to savannahs, jungles, and run-of-the-mill forests. Listen, Subscribe, Read More …
World Building University Coming!
I’ll be turning the successful series, The Art of World Building, into online courses that will be launched within the next year. There should be a free mini-course, a main course, and then the flagship one that has all the Read More …
Podcast Episode 12 – How to Create a Continent
Episode 12: Learn How to Create a Continent Listen as host Randy Ellefson concludes our talk about how to create a continent, including hemisphere considerations, understanding plate tectonics, and when to use what term for bodies of water, like oceans, Read More …
5 More Tips – Land Features
5 World Building Tips (Vol 2, #13): Land Features Here are today’s world building tips! The theme is land features. You can read more in Chapter 4, “Creating Land Features”, from Creating Places, (The Art of World Building, #2). Tip #1: Read More …
Podcast Episode 11 (Part 2) – How to Create a Planet
Episode 11 (Part 2): Learn How to Create a Planet Listen as host Randy Ellefson concludes our talk about how to create a planet and focuses on climates. This includes understanding the role of the equator and oceans, climate zones, Read More …
5 More Tips – Creating Planets
5 World Building Tips (Vol 2, #12): Planets Here are today’s world building tips! The theme is planets. You can read more in Chapter 2, “Creating a Planet”, from Creating Places, (The Art of World Building, #2). Tip #1: “Understand the Read More …
Podcast Episode 11 (Part 1) – How to Create a Planet
Episode 11 (Part 1): Learn How to Create a Planet Listen as host Randy Ellefson continues exploring how to create a planet. Learn about its rotation, other planets in the solar system, asteroids, comets, constellations, and the impact of the Read More …
5 Tips – Drawing Maps
5 World Building Tips (Vol 2, #11): Drawing Maps Here are today’s world building tips! The theme is drawing maps. You can read more in Bonus Chapter 12, “Drawing a Map”, from Creating Places, (The Art of World Building, #2). Tip Read More …
Podcast Episode 10 (Part 2) – How to Create Undead
Episode 10 (Part 2): Learn How to Create Undead Listen as host Randy Ellefson continues exploring how and when to create undead. Learn about their goals, traits, how to kill them, and what uses we can put them to. Listen, Read More …