Writing Excuses 10.15: Worldbuilding Wilderness with Wes Chu

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Writing Excuses 10.15: Worldbuilding Wilderness with Wes Chu

From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2015/04/12/writing-excuses-10-15-worldbuilding-wilderness-with-wes-chu/

Key Points: Quests often involves time in either the alien or fantastic wilderness. This should be an interesting part of the story, so spend time thinking it through. Sleeping on a slope! Packing toilet paper, or rock climbing equipment. Altitude or other stress. Bugs! Walking in the dark. Holding candles or torches. What do you pack, what is life outside like, carry or forage food? How much experience does your character have with the outdoors? Think about different parts of the world. Think about variety, in food, in experience, and make your writing interesting and exciting.
( Out in the woods, by the fireside... )

[Brandon] So what is the writing prompt?
[Wesley] This is an exercise I like to do a lot. Take a short story or a thing that you've already written. Take the two main characters... Take the main character and the villain. Swap their personalities and write what happens to them.
[Brandon] Wow. That's a cool exercise. All right. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.