25 Lore Questions; October 17 2020
I have something different in mind for this week’s blog post! This one’s for writers of sci-fi and fantasy. Are you building a world from scratch and want some starting points to leap off of? Do you want questions you may not have heard before?
Here are 25 questions for you, and feel free to answer them in the comments if you’d like!
1. What do people in your world fantasize about, the way we fantasize about magic or scientific progress?
2. What’s a favourite game or sport that uses magic/advanced technology?
3. What’s the fastest mode of transportation?
4. What do people wear during their day-to-day? On special occasions?
5. What’s a common meal? What’s considered a delicacy?
6. Do weddings exist? What are the ceremonies like, across your world’s cultures?
7. What’s a necessary invention that we, in our world, would have no use for?
8. What creatures exist? What creatures are mythical?
9. Which of those creatures are common house pets? How do people care for them?
10. What work of fiction has everybody in your world heard of?
11. What are common fears in this world?
12. What storybook monsters/urban legends exist in your world?
13. What do people do with their dead?
14. How old do people usually live to be?
15. When and how do children come of age?
16. What aren’t children allowed to do?
17. Is there a profession that’s considered more important or desirable than others?
18. How does society take care of people who can’t work?
19. What accommodations exist for physically or mentally disabled people?
20. What do people do to treat mental illness in your world?
21. What’s a ‘nuclear family’ look like?
22. Who is a beloved historical figure in your world?
23. What holiday is your main character’s favourite, and why?
24. What’s a prevailing belief that you, as the author, know to be wrong?
25. What’s the standard of beauty?
Do you have a favourite worldbuilding question you like to ask yourself, or other authors? How much work do you like to do on lore?