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Featured Images - How to build your World-Religion. Image of the inside of a church. Image of Pixabay

How To Build Your World: Religion

On 30 August 201921 January 2026 By AriIn Tutorials, World Building20 Comments

Yes, it’s time for another World Builder article. Today’s post is all about Religion in your world. If you missed any of my earlier World Builder articles you can find them here – World Builder series.

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How To Build Your World: History

On 21 June 20199 February 2026 By AriIn Tutorials, World Building21 Comments

I know it's been a while but I am finally back with another article on my World Builder Series.  Catch up on earlier articles in the above link.  So let's get on to today's topic which is History.

A Writers Guide to Boats and Ships

A Writer’s Guide… To Boats And Ships

On 13 January 201912 February 2026 By AriIn A Writer's Guide11 Comments

This is part of the series of blog articles called "A Writer’s Guide…", check out this article by writer Cinaedh Vik on Boats and Ships.

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A Writer’s Guide… To Volcanology

On 16 December 201823 May 2020 By AriIn A Writer's Guide8 Comments

This is part of the series of blog articles called "A Writer’s Guide…", check out this article by writer L.B.Carter on Volcanology.

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How To Build Your World: Economy

On 31 August 20186 February 2026 By AriIn Tutorials, World Building14 Comments

Have you created your own fantasy world for your novel? Here are a few things to consider when creating your world's economy.

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How To Build Your World: Habitat

On 27 July 20186 February 2026 By AriIn Tutorials, World Building13 Comments

Last week's post was about creating a race, focusing on appearance, type and genders.  Now we're going to look at the habitat of the race. Just to clarify, when I say habitat it is referring to more than just the terrain and will encompass a number of factors.

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How To Build Your World: Races

On 20 July 20186 February 2026 By AriIn Tutorials, World Building13 Comments

I am finally back to my World Builder Series! I took a long hiatus from it but I think it's time I breathed life back into this. Today's topic is about creating races, whether that's humans, merfolk, centaurs or talking rocks, you need to come up with different races to populate your world.

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How To Build Your World: Flora

On 2 July 20166 February 2026 By AriIn Tutorials, World Building11 Comments

So, I'm back with my World Building series. So far, I've discussed topics such as water, atmosphere, sun, seasons and land so now let's get to some of those living organisms. There's a special bonus for you at the end of the article 🙂 Today's topic is Flora. (That would be plants).

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How To Build Your World: Landscapes (Pt 1)

On 6 November 20156 February 2026 By AriIn Tutorials, World Building4 Comments

I'm back with another post in my World Builder Series. This has turned out to be one of my most popular series'.  🙂 In the last article, we covered The Sun and the Seasons. Okay, so today, let’s talk about some of the basics of landscape. Please note this is part 1,  so watch out for a part 2 popping up.

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How To Build Your World: Sun & Seasons

On 30 October 20159 February 2026 By AriIn World Building5 Comments

Welcome to my World Builder Series.  As a fantasy writer, I build new worlds for most of my stories. Since I write large fantasies that span trilogies (yep, I can't seem to contain my stories within a single novel) I get pretty in-depth with my worlds.

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