World-Building
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World-Building
World-Building is the process of creating the setting, rules, and background details that make a fictional world feel real and consistent, especially in creative writing. For designers, one practical method is to use visual mapping, like drawing simple floor plans or city layouts, to help organize ideas about how people live, move, and interact in the world being created. Adding small, everyday details such as local foods, common materials, or types of clothing can make a story's world feel more believable. These details give writers and designers a toolkit for building worlds that are easy for readers to picture and understand, making stories more engaging and clear.
fictional setting, creative writing, narrative design, visual mapping, environment creation, story immersion
CITATION : "Kevin Green. 'World-Building.' Design+Encyclopedia. https://design-encyclopedia.com/define/world-building-482068?E=482068 (Accessed on October 14, 2026)"
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