As you can probably imagine, there’s a lot of work that goes into writing a fantasy novel. One of the things I had to do for The Legender was invent an entirely new world. We fantasy nerds call the task “world building.”
For the last 20 years, I’ve been working on the craft of world building and fantasy writing. And a few months ago, I began taking what I learned from the process and formatting it into an online course on Udemy–a course I would like to offer to you for free.
This course is designed to teach you how to create a believable and compelling world for your fantasy story–a world your readers will want to get lost in again and again.
In the course you will learn how to:
- Build a compelling and believable world for a fantasy novel
- Establish rules for your world
- Give a sense of depth to your world
- Assign meaningful names to different parts of your world (i.e. landmarks and invented creatures)
- Manage a healthy relationship between your world and your story
As I said before, since you have been supportive readers, I’d like to offer this course to you for free:
https://www.udemy.com/world-building-for-fantasy-writers/?couponCode=worldbuilder10
In return, I’d love to get some honest feedback from you.
Thanks for the support, and enjoy world building!
The Write Stuff 
Wow, thanks for sharing, Jason. I’ve never worked up the nerve to consider fantasy world-building, since I can barely cope with the world I already know. 🙂 BUT, I do love reading fantasy with believable places, creatures, and characters. I’m tweeting this, and sharing on Facebook, and I hope you get a HUGE response. Good luck!!
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As always, thanks for the support, Marcia!
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My pleasure. I’m excited about your new venture. Almost makes me wish I were a fantasy writer. Hope lots of folks take advantage of this offer. (And those of you who don’t can still tweet this out to let others know about it. Remember, that’s what we do, here . . . we share!)
Keep us posted on how it goes, Jason.
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Helpful post, Jason. Thanks! Pinned & shared.
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Reblogged this on deborahjay and commented:
Great opportunity, folks, if you fancy knowing a bit more about the nuts and bolts of building a fantasy world.
And it’s FREE!
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Thanks, Deborah, for the support!
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It is, indeed, Deb. It’s Memorial Day Weekend, though, and BLOG traffic is slower than usual. I sincerely hope we will get a few more folks taking advantage of this offer and/or sharing it with their followers.
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Been away all weekend without internet access- I hope so too – great offer.
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Reblogged this on So, I Read This Book Today and commented:
I read and reviewed Marcia’s “Swamp Ghosts” and really liked it. Check this out if you write fantasy! Or even if you don’t – we all have things to learn, right?
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Reblogging this on OneBookTwo. What a great idea. I think I’d like to attend just to become a better book reviewer. 😉
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Reblogged this on One Book Two and commented:
Free online class about fantasy world building. I think I might attend just to be a better book reviewer. 🙂
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