🔮 fantasy worldbuilding pt. 5: magic systems, myths, & faith

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PART ONE: the absolute basics - ☀️ fantasy worldbuilding 101 - pt. 1:...
PART TWO: geography, ecology, and history - 🌎 fantasy worldbuilding 101 - pt. 2: ...
PART THREE: culture, identity, and language - 🌙 fantasy worldbuilding pt. 3: cultur...
PART FOUR: politics, economics, and daily life - 🏹 fantasy worldbuilding pt. 4: politi...
PART FIVE: you are here!

welcome to the fifth and final installment of my series on fantasy worldbuilding!

today's video is structured a little differently—i drew and explained examples of each of the three topics (magic systems, mythology, and religion) using my own work. I'm not sure if this is a more or less helpful way to approach writing craft videos, but it was fun to be able to talk about my projects and process a bit more!

as always, prescriptivist writing advice is for the birds—I am by no means an expert in fantasy worldbuilding or writing in general, and I'm just speaking based on my own experience or observations. This advice may or may not work for you, but I hope that if you've been looking for that spark of inspiration, you find it here!

thank you for watching :)

✨ timestamps:
0:00 - opening
0:05 - intro
0:37 - on writing advice and why today’s video is ~different~
1:32 - PART ONE: MAGIC SYSTEMS
1:52 - the presence of magic in your fantasy world
2:15 - hard magic system vs. soft magic system
5:19 - how i’ve approached writing both kinds of magic systems in the past
7:36 - comparing and contrasting magic system traits for MOTHS and TIGER
16:17 - PART TWO: MYTHOLOGY
16:30 - an overview of mythology
17:01 - the mythology in TIGER
18:31 - mythology informs cultural values and traditions
19:42 - PART THREE: RELIGION
19:55 - a brief overview of religion (in a fantasy worldbuilding context)
21:49 - three key topics to consider for a fantasy religion
24:31 - writing a religious character in TIGER (and what I would do differently)
27:30 - outro

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