Build an Amazing World to Fit Your Story
Who is this course for?
- Fantasy authors lost in world building
- Writers who don’t know where to start building a fantasy world
- Authors struggling to weave world building and a story together
What you’ll learn
- How to develop a world in parallel with a story
- Steps to create a world map to help guide the story creation
- 20+ elements to flesh out the world and add new tension to your story
- How to create rules of magic (and why you need them)
- A formula to gauge the uniqueness of your story and world to see how it will impact readers
- The keys to bringing a world to life
About the course
A well-built and layered world is essential to the fantasy genre, but it is so easy to get lost when creating that level of complexity.
Some authors end up taking years to build their worlds before they even start writing and then find they’ve created far more than they need, wasting months on work that readers never see — or worse, oversharing detail that just bogs down the story.
Other authors struggle to create the rich level of detail their story, and readers, deserve!
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A well-built and layered world is essential to the fantasy genre, but it is so easy to get lost when creating that level of complexity.
Some authors end up taking years to build their worlds before they even start writing and then find they’ve created far more than they need, wasting months on work that readers never see — or worse, oversharing detail that just bogs down the story.
Other authors struggle to create the rich level of detail their story, and readers, deserve!
This doesn’t have to be you!
In this course, we’ve created a step-by-step system that will not only help you craft the perfect world to fit your story, it will help you develop your novel idea. Plus, we’ll make sure you don’t spend unnecessary time creating details you’ll never use!
More than that, we’ll also teach you pro techniques to weave your writing and world together to avoid information dumps as well as finding new ways to bring the world to life.
If that sounds like what you need, join Crafting Incredible Fantasy Worlds and build the story of your dreams.
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Course Content
12 Modules
Lesson Name & What’s Included
Module 1: The Beginning
3 lessons - 53 minutes
Get oriented to the course, meet your instructors, and pick up essential tips to keep you from feeling overwhelmed.
Module 2: A Brave New World
3 lessons - 52 minutes
We start worldbuilding with an important first step to begin building not just a world but a setting for your story.
Module 3: Conquering Complexity
2 lessons - 30 minutes
Worlds are complex! So, we start with a plan to build just what you need.
Module 4: Conjuring Ideas
4 lessons - 1 hour 41 minutes
With the foundations laid, it is time to imagine the essential elements for your world and story so you know what to build.
Module 5: Map Making
12 lessons - 2 hours 26 minutes
A map will function as the blueprint of your world and we will step you through all the essential stages.
Module 6: Creator’s Lab
25 lessons - 11 hours 14 minutes
Bring your world to life in the Creator’s Lab with the 6 essential elements and dozens of option ones to develop!
Module 7: Magic System
9 lessons - 1 hour 9 minutes
What is missing in your world? Magic, of course! It is time to add that integral spark of fantasy to your world.
Module 8: Worldbuilding Masterclass
2 lessons - 18 minutes
Whether you are writing or editing, there is a chance to add more fantasy to your story. Get ready for the masterclass!
Module 9: Uniqueness Uncovered
2 lessons - 28 minutes
Get the secret formula to know if your book is too unique, too much based on traditional elements, or just right!
Module 10: A Breathing World
3 lessons - 1 hour 7 minutes
There is so much more to sharing your world with readers than lists of worldbuilding notes.
Module 11: Escaping Worldbuilding Disease
1 lesson - 11 minutes
It is easy to get carried away with worldbuilding. How do you know when you’ve gone too far and need to get back on track?
Module 12: After Worldbuilding
1 lesson - 11 minutes
Now What? – Discover other ways of sharing all the work you just accomplished!
Instructor
Autumn Birt & Jesper Schmidt
Autumn is an award winning and bestselling fantasy author with more than 20 books currently released. She is passionate about writing great books as well as giving back to the author community. She started helping fellow authors with blog posts in 2012, before founding the Am Writing Fantasy website where Jesper Schmidt joined her and helped launch the YouTube Channel and Podcast. Her first writing course was released in 2015, beginning a new career in helping authors. Jesper Schmidt is a bestselling fantasy author who also dabbles in non-fiction. He is the marketing brains in Am Writing Fantasy and the go-to guy for author questions on book marketing. He joined Autumn in Am Writing Fantasy in 2017 and together they’ve created non-fiction books, courses, podcasts, YouTube videos, and now fiction books. The share a passion not only for fantasy books but also for helping fellow authors.
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