When you’re worldbuilding, what do you start with first? Do you prefer the big, dramatic events that shape history, or the small, everyday details that make the world feel alive?
I’m currently writing a dystopian future, so a lot of my world building has a point to prove a message and critique I have society. A lot of it is just informed by research and opinions, so I just let me head come up with stuff on the spot while I’m writing. It helps to write a part of the story or world that doesn’t have much cultural cache on the world.