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Giovanna Clairval · 9th November 2007, 02:23 PM

Well, the discussion has been evolving around the question of the necessity of building a world that has consistency, and whether this building of a world should not take front stage in the stead of story and characters.

But now, after marvelling at I, Brian and his full-fledged universe( World building gone mad ),
I'd like to ask another question.

Is it necessary and indispensable to build a complete world before starting to write a novel?
Or is this need for building a world beforehand an effort to be in control? Can it be seen as a way of not accepting the challenge of, simply... writing? Or, at least postponing it?

9th November 2007, 02:23 PM	#129 (permalink)
Giovanna Clairval Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: France Posts: 1,127	Re: Is worldbuilding pointless? Well, the discussion has been evolving around the question of the necessity of building a world that has consistency, and whether this building of a world should not take front stage in the stead of story and characters. But now, after marvelling at I, Brian and his full-fledged universe( World building gone mad ), I'd like to ask another question. Is it necessary and indispensable to build a complete world before starting to write a novel? Or is this need for building a world beforehand an effort to be in control? Can it be seen as a way of not accepting the challenge of, simply... writing? Or, at least postponing it?