What Kind Of Worlds Do You Like Writing?

I am a sucker for cool creatures, epic quests, and worlds filled with lore and secrets, so I have a soft spot for fantasy and fantastic sci-fi (in the vein of Star Wars)

 

Same. Though, I'm also beginning to branch out towards the mystery genre somewhat.

 

I really love taking a canon established world and building upon it. That's how I got my start with my 350k+ word Pokémon AU. I tend to make them a bit darker in some places, a bit more lighthearted in others. I love writing those worlds that I can build upon.

So I really don't have a genre... I could do this with anything. Though I would love to do this with sci-fi more often.

 

I love to write convoluted huge universes of worlds that are all connected but not in the most obvious way. And the worlds don't have to match, they can have scifi on one planet and tribal magic on another.
Then I inevitably trip my self up and get tangled in the lines of canon I've created and I end up dropping the whole thing hahah.

 

Fir sure fantasy or Sci-fi, I like to think about what could exist in that world, build on ideas and create something new. I want them to be out of the elements I know since what I know is boring.

 

Fantasy for sho. Mostly because I just prefer fantasy, but I enjoy thinking and writing about how would the different societies develop if they had magic, like how would they fight their wars. What would their normal daily routine be? How would they interact with other nations? How would it impact them as a whole?
(it is times I wonder if I should get into sociology instead of cosmetics)
Though I definitely enjoy putting a more realistic spin on whatever world I'm writing. It does mean more research, but it's worth it because the world feels more real then a fantastical dreamland.

 

I adore complicated worlds. Ones that are not clear and have many gears running in the background. This is not to say that I prefer Sci-fi, I just enjoy complicated and realistic narratives and world design. Magic can be very complicated if you can write it right. I love worlds that explore the complicated aspects of their world and don't leave anything out.

I also like building off ideas that are already present. I am very good and understanding what would be realistic in a world and what would be stretching the lines. Because of this skill, I like building off existing worlds in a way that I think would logically flow.

 

DRAGONS!!!!!

 

Wait, are we talking worlds or genres?

If we're talking genres, then for me it's pretty much fantasy exclusively. If we're talking worlds, well...

I like painting thorough pictures of areas or landscapes. I take more joy in describing an area or location, than I would for describing something else. Part of it is that I am not very good at describing features of people very well (especially facial), but a larger part is that, when describing places (buildings, landscapes, nature, skies, and so on), there is a lot more freedom to paint things - adding, editing, going into more detail, and so on. I'll spend 2 or 3 paragraphs just describing one place before going on to the next thing, and if I want to describe multiple places at once (such as to set the starting scene for a story), it will be that much longer.

World-building is fun.

 

Fantasy, sci-fi or angsty-gothy romance...I suck at writing them though ha ha! For some bizarre reason, I like to make giant storylines that weave into other stories I've written and half the time I don't explain how the two or three are connected...I also am a fan of mystery.
#MissingNo

 

I usually prefer writing already existing worlds such as the Pokémon world as I'm not creative enough to be able to create a new world of my own. Other than that, I also like 'normal' or 'real life' worlds. I sometimes like to mix things up - I sometimes fit characters from a fantasy setting into a normal life and vice versa.