Webcast: How to Worldbuild (with World Anvil)
Building a world for your novel can be intimidating and time consuming. Luckily, NaNoWriMo 2021 sponsor World Anvil is here to help! Tune into this webcast for tips on worldbuilding and novel planning. From now through December 31, 2021, use the code NANOWRIMO for 40% off a World Anvil Master, Grandmaster, or Sage tier annual membership! About World Anvil: https://www.worldanvil.com/author World Anvil is a set of worldbuilding tools that helps you create, organize and store your world setting. With wiki-like articles, interactive maps, historical timelines, and a full novel-writing software, they have all the tools you’ll need to create vibrant characters, craft a full fictional world, and write your novel! Don't forget to create your 2021 NaNoWriMo project! https://nanowrimo.org/?addProject=true And check out our NaNo Prep resources for more tips on planning out your novel: https://nanowrimo.org/nano-prep-101 Janet Forbes (she/her) is a fantasy author, game developer and (secretly) velociraptor, and has been building worlds since she was knee-high to an orc. In 2017 she co-founded World Anvil (https://www.worldanvil.com), the worldbuilding, writing and tabletop RPG platform which boasts a community of 1.5 million users. As a writer, Janet publishes fantasy fiction under the pen name J.D. Blythe, and was the lead author of The Dark Crystal RPG (2021) with Riverhorse Games and the Henson Company. As a D&D performer she has played professionally for the likes of Wizards of the Coast, Modiphius and Wyrd Games. Janet is passionate about teaching, and has given seminars on writing and other topics for Exeter University, GenCon, Dragonmeet, the Circle of Worldbuilders and more. She holds a BA and MA in Early Music Performance, is an experienced archaeologist, and speaks 5 languages. Dimitris Havlidis (he/him) has been building settings for 30 years, and has made more epic, sandbox worlds than he’s had hot dinners. He holds degrees in Computing, Social Psychology (always useful for tormenting characters) and Graphic Design, and worked as a CTO for some of the top agencies in the UK. He left the corporate world to focus on World Anvil (https://www.worldanvil.com), which is now his life's work. With his wife Janet Forbes, he developed the groundbreaking Agile Worldbuilding Method, and has given talks and seminars at some of the biggest conventions in the world on worldbuilding and game mastery. He loves cheese, lemon pies and top hats. ---- NaNoWriMo (or National Novel Writing Month) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes your story matters. https://nanowrimo.org NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program (for writers 17 or under): https://ywp.nanowrimo.org Facebook: / Tumblr: http://blog.nanowrimo.org/ Instagram: / nanowrimo Twitter: / nanowrimo AND / nanowordsprints
