Episode 3: World Building Methods
October 9th, 2006 by Lisa Hartjes
Sorry about the delay on the show notes, folks. The problem with the original mp3 has been fixed, and the notes reflect the changes.
Episode #3 - World Creation Methods
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Listener Feedback
03:50 - Two World Building Methods
- Dr. Richard Staats’ World Creation Seminar (pdf) - I used this pdf as the framework for this podcast, as it’s the best document I’ve found that deals with world creation methods
04:32 - Bottom Up Method
05:25 - Bottom Up Advantages
07:00 - Bottom Up Drawbacks
08:00 - How to do Bottom Up method
11:40 - Bottom Up Hints
12:17 - Campaign Journal!
14:04 - The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy promo
- My baby brother’s blog, which has nothing to do with world creation. He’s a Zend certified programmer guy. Big and scary looking guy. Don’t meet him in a dark alley, or you’ll find out he’s really a squishy teddy bear inside.
16:00 - Top Down Method
17:24 - Top Down Advantages
17:51 - Top Down Drawbacks
18:17 - How to do Top Down method
26:05 - Top Down Hints
28:49 - Closing Credits
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I am a freelance writer and cartographer for the role playing game industry. I've been writing and creating worlds for 20 years, with my first professional publication in 2003.



