Let's Build a World: Day 17 - Moody Review

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A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the
amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal-sized billiard balls.

- Terry Pratchett



It's Day 17 for Nano Writers's Let's Build a World. Read over - Moody Review - from Stephanie Bryant's 30 Days of Worldbuilding. Grab those notebooks and try out today's exercise:

Pull out the list of adjectives you wrote down that set the mood for your novel. You used this list for figuring out your setting climate, and a bit for refining your names.

Read them out loud. Then, take out your notes on your speculative elemetnt. Read your rules out loud. Try describing how your spec element works in your novel. How do you feel when you describe it?

Also look at what you decided to name your speculative element. Say the name out loud and decide if you feel the way you want to feel when you read your novel.

Some names and speculative concepts will be fairly neutral and may have no impact on your novel's mood. Rename and rework your speculative elements and their rules if you need to.

Links to a series of articles about "the rules of magic" by P. June Diehl, author of The Magic & the Mundane: A Guide for the Writer’s Journey:

Part 1: Types of Magic--The Source Be With You - about magical systems

Part 2: Limitations of Magic – At What Cost? - magic vs. conflict in your story

Part 3 -: The Art of Creating A Magical System - general writing considerations


Pulling some great plot bunnies out of your hat, Nano Writer? Come back tomorrow for the next installment!