This world is tricky. I try to mix in major events as they happen, to kind of anchor the story in time. I must confess however, that I didn't think to do that for the first four or five years within the book, so you'll have to forgive me if I missed something. I don't recall any huge natural events that might have affected my character from 2008-2012/13. I suppose I could ask a friend though. Eh - maybe I will and maybe I won't.
Let me tell you, creating a world in some other dimension or time, or even some other world, is far easier. It's not that you don't have to keep track of the same kinds of events, the turning of the seasons, earthquakes, or major weather events, but you can put them in where you want, make them what you want - as such, they become convenient. In the real world, such events are set in concrete and your character needs to react to them, provided he is close enough to be affected.
However, if you blast your fantasies off into space, you need to remember such mundane things as plate tectonics and the creations of mountains and valleys. Believe it or not, they affect weather a lot more than you might think, as does orbital velocity and proximity to the sun.
So, where is your favorite world to write in?
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3 comments:
I write in the real world, so a lot of contemporary events form the background for what I'm writing.
I write in an alternate world, but I am working on a storyline where the character is from another world and gets pulled into ours. She will have to decide at the end of the story whether to stay here or go back to her world.
That being said, I'm a huge history and conspiracy lover so I tend to chose books in our world to read over those set in other worlds.
Ooh I can't wait to read what she decides.
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