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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
  • In this video, you'll learn about world building for your novel, including the six steps to an immersive world, two different types of realities you can create, and some helpful examples.
    This video discusses:
    [01:00] What is World Building?
    [01:53] Real-World vs. Second-World Fantasy
    [03:01] Your Six Step Guide to World Building
    [03:09] Step 1: Plan (But Don’t Over-Plan)
    [03:43] Step 2: Describe Your World
    [04:49] Step 3: Populate Your World
    [05:27] Step 4: Establish the History of Your World
    [06:15] Step 5: Determine the Culture of Your World
    [06:56] Step 6: Power Your World
    [07:52] Wrap Up
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    • 7 Story Elements
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    Jerry Jenkins is the author of over 200 books, including 21 New York Times bestsellers. He’s passionate about helping writers grow to their full potential and have the best chance to see their writing published. Browse his archive of advice pulled from his nearly 50 years as a writer, editor, and publisher at www.jerryjenkins.com.
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  • @exceptionalhistory1955
    @exceptionalhistory1955 Před rokem +125

    I love how his lessons aren't just generic explanations. It's specific instructions that are doable.

    • @thesouthernvikingr5919
      @thesouthernvikingr5919 Před rokem +6

      I am actually building my own course, and you may not know this but your comment serves as a very valuable tip for me.
      To not make generic explanations but provide specific instructions that are easy to apply.
      Thank you for writing this out, and I do also agree with ya. Jenkins is a fantastic writer as well as an good mentor.

  • @clintoreilly
    @clintoreilly Před rokem +46

    It's always an honor learning from the best. Thanks, Mr Jenkins.

  • @delusionaldreamer8332
    @delusionaldreamer8332 Před rokem +7

    I'm writing a war story for NaNoWriMo, it's set in a fantasy world, and the culture of this world is very important to why the war is going on, so this is actually very helpful.

  • @grimm_comics
    @grimm_comics Před 7 měsíci +2

    This is one of very few writers whose advice is actionable.

  • @yazmina2031
    @yazmina2031 Před rokem +46

    Your videos are very helpful. I published two books this year because of you! Thank you for all of your work!

    • @sophiethelk9557
      @sophiethelk9557 Před rokem +9

      Congrats, this is amazing! If you don't mind me asking, what are your books called? :)

    • @InfCreatora
      @InfCreatora Před rokem +1

      Congrats 🎉

    • @muhammadalim.z.8332
      @muhammadalim.z.8332 Před měsícem

      Congratulations!! I hope your published and unpublished books do great!! Bless you!

  • @theivesguild
    @theivesguild Před rokem +8

    It’s like a targeted missile of useful information. Thank you for another helpful lesson!

  • @beverleyyoung55
    @beverleyyoung55 Před rokem +7

    As always, so helpful. A whisker away from finishing my first novel, and have gained much from reading your material and watching your videos...THANK YOU - Cheers- Bev

  • @melanieclarkauthor960
    @melanieclarkauthor960 Před rokem +6

    I am glad that you are posting videos again, Mr. Jenkins! Wow! He called it when he said, world building can take over the story for a pantser! I have been wrestling between my story and the world building for these past years!!

  • @Mr.Mitopia
    @Mr.Mitopia Před rokem +2

    Always take advice from you, Mr. Jenkins.

  • @zislashiff5834
    @zislashiff5834 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Jerry you are the Crown Prince on novel writing. WHY...You jjust Tell but not only show. I am impressed by your unique intellligence and tbe way you deliver the information which is invaluable and inspirational with a humane touch in our world of fast food and artificial intelligence God bless you and all you love. You make our world a better place to live in. Zisla

  • @farrukhsinfo
    @farrukhsinfo Před 2 měsíci

    You made the task of writing doable for me

  • @codenamedarkling
    @codenamedarkling Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you for identifying the differences between pantsers and outliners. For years, I thought I was an outliner, and I make great outlines, but get overwhelmed when it comes to layering it into the stories. I got bored. With the help of your videos, I recognize my style, has always been at the seat of my pants, kind of backwards and nonlinear but it gets words on the page and development is much more fun once I see how the stories coming together, because I feel the excitement of not knowing my whole story yet and being surprised when it's all said and done.

  • @Cpost2010
    @Cpost2010 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you Jerry, always helpful!

  • @paapafahodzi5731
    @paapafahodzi5731 Před rokem +1

    Just what I needed. You're the best!

  • @nguyenvubui1258
    @nguyenvubui1258 Před rokem +1

    Thank you mr. Jenkins

  • @grahamcracker8319
    @grahamcracker8319 Před rokem +1

    You are a godsend Mr. Jenkins

  • @samanthamahmoodtv
    @samanthamahmoodtv Před rokem +2

    Thank you Mr Jenkins for your impact!

  • @BeansInTheSink
    @BeansInTheSink Před rokem +3

    Thank you Jerry! I'm an aspiring writer that's been egged on by friends, family, and peers alike to sit down and churn out a book. I want to start soft with short stories first and your videos are helping me to fine tune my writing.

  • @karriestefflen2621
    @karriestefflen2621 Před rokem +2

    Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!

  • @tondemonaiyatsuu
    @tondemonaiyatsuu Před 2 měsíci

    You are a treasure Mr. Jenkins. Thank you so much!

  • @limitsky22
    @limitsky22 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for this video!

  • @lindasmith3806
    @lindasmith3806 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for your wisdom----very helpful.

  • @user-qw6fv6rw8x
    @user-qw6fv6rw8x Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge

  • @1rishpotat0
    @1rishpotat0 Před rokem +9

    Really helpful! I'm trying to really get into worldbuilding, and this is definitely something I'll watch over and over!

  • @braveheart9236
    @braveheart9236 Před rokem +2

    Great packaging - the topic, the tips, the timing. Sold!

  • @melodyhighman4390
    @melodyhighman4390 Před rokem +5

    Love how concise and helpful Jerry's videos are - thank you!

  • @neptunedarling
    @neptunedarling Před 2 měsíci

    Great lesson yet again!

  • @akioasakura3624
    @akioasakura3624 Před rokem +2

    perfect timing omggg🙏🙏🙏 i love ur vids thank youuu

  • @SiDucky1708
    @SiDucky1708 Před rokem +1

    Lots of great questions to get your world flushed out, surprisingly I wasn't doing too bad it seems! Thanks!

  • @richierichrich9949
    @richierichrich9949 Před 7 měsíci

    Love your videos Jerry! They have been hugely helpful towards my writing and imagination.

  • @Thisplaceisaprison3912

    I love your channel. You have such a way of explaining what most of us know in a way that makes sense.

  • @kacirigney
    @kacirigney Před rokem +2

    Great video, Jerry! Thanks!

  • @waltzingbird7934
    @waltzingbird7934 Před rokem +2

    Perfect timing! Was having trouble with worldbuilding!

  • @risingkl3222
    @risingkl3222 Před 11 měsíci +1

    This was really helpful and not overwhelming, Love your Videos!

  • @ratarakishika854
    @ratarakishika854 Před rokem

    You helped guiding through my writing. Thank you!

  • @tomaria100
    @tomaria100 Před měsícem

    Thank you, Jerry!

  • @judyutman4489
    @judyutman4489 Před rokem +2

    great information in a concise format!

  • @LaurelMcHargue
    @LaurelMcHargue Před 8 měsíci +1

    Helpful advice and a voice I could listen to forever. Just subscribed. Thank you.

  • @rafaelagonzales498
    @rafaelagonzales498 Před 11 měsíci

    Wonderful information thank you!

  • @seanmcnally6658
    @seanmcnally6658 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I just discovered your channel Jerry. These are great, well scripted, videos. Love to know how theses topics are used in your work.

  • @MrZkoki
    @MrZkoki Před 8 měsíci

    Very methodical approach. Covers everything along with real world examples from all sorts of media. Providing a compass for even the ones among us that don't know how to create and navigate through a fictional world in the least.

  • @christinesneeringer4371
    @christinesneeringer4371 Před rokem +3

    Thanks for making it so easy to follow and practical! I appreciate the tailored advice to us “pantsers”!!! You’re a legend, Jerry!!

  • @aaronrajanikanth8298
    @aaronrajanikanth8298 Před 9 měsíci

    You are more of a mentor..than just a teacher..Sir..Regards.

  • @underpollwhatnow584
    @underpollwhatnow584 Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much
    Great video

  • @Elsiewrite
    @Elsiewrite Před rokem +3

    This is very valuable information and easy to use. Thank you as always Jerry

  • @WolfIronside
    @WolfIronside Před rokem

    I'm a huge fan of your videos, Jerry. I like to watch them as a warmup for my writing sessions. I call it "Jerry and chill". Cheers!

  • @DJ-tq1ht
    @DJ-tq1ht Před rokem

    Omg. Jery Jenkins knows of Final Fantasy. Mind-blowing!

  • @nicholasmoore8115
    @nicholasmoore8115 Před rokem

    Thanks, Jerry! Now off to create. 💯

  • @landonpraught9170
    @landonpraught9170 Před rokem +3

    Thank you, Jerry,
    This was a great help I am getting ready to start my next novel.
    God bless you

  • @pankhurikhanna-tl9zl
    @pankhurikhanna-tl9zl Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you sir 🙏🏻

  • @lexussapp5501
    @lexussapp5501 Před 10 měsíci

    This is my first time coming across your page, and Im just so thankful that I did. I love your style of teaching, and it makes it seem truly possible to get started, tonight even. Thanks so much and I cant wait to see more. If you have a Patreon I cant wait to find out.

  • @belgiumcomics2537
    @belgiumcomics2537 Před rokem +1

    This video will be very helpfull when writting a story I am planning of writting that is set in a dystopian future.

  • @TreeRegime
    @TreeRegime Před 5 měsíci

    Jerry, thank you for always getting right into the meat and potatoes of the videos. So many CZcamsrs spend 2-3 whole minutes trying to promote their product or talk about their channel. You get right into the topic, and your descriptions are detailed and informative.

  • @ascensionwalkies
    @ascensionwalkies Před 8 měsíci

    Always a pleasure to learn from you, Jerry Jenkins🙏God bless your generous spirit💎💙
    gratitude, respect and appreciation 🙏

  • @jackiekennedy653
    @jackiekennedy653 Před rokem +2

    I wanna say thanks for this video, I'm 13 and I'm making a sequal to a little book I made and this really helps me, love your books by the way

  • @lillydevil2486
    @lillydevil2486 Před rokem +4

    LOVED the video!

  • @DwightClough
    @DwightClough Před rokem +1

    Nicely done, Jerry

  • @vinceclarke1482
    @vinceclarke1482 Před 9 měsíci

    Thanks for another great insight into writing. I'm on my first novel Yr experience is valued thank you so much
    Vince in New Zealand

  • @StudentTransformentor

    Jerry ... universe is connecting me to you...for the right reason...this video is very much useful to my fantacy character

  • @33shin33
    @33shin33 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much professor, thank you so much professor.

  • @overthinkingchristian8732

    Thanks for your work!

  • @osw330904
    @osw330904 Před rokem +1

    Great advice

  • @sir_lancelot_swd
    @sir_lancelot_swd Před 9 měsíci

    i'm a new young writer and im trying to write a fantasy novel and i really needed to learn the basics so thank you.

  • @gregario888
    @gregario888 Před rokem

    Awesome!

  • @Tirlex
    @Tirlex Před rokem +1

    Great video 👍

  • @lynntoytrainmuseum8973

    Thanks! Looking forward to creating a world where group home Staff are truly engaged in their work. 🚂

  • @Thinksso-ej8so
    @Thinksso-ej8so Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks. Useful.

  • @DavidLee-fy7rd
    @DavidLee-fy7rd Před rokem

    Extent video as always Jerry.

  • @tiksten2707
    @tiksten2707 Před rokem

    Thank you very much

  • @elyinanrishoma3928
    @elyinanrishoma3928 Před rokem

    Brilliant

  • @maria-gr2cz
    @maria-gr2cz Před 11 měsíci

    thank you.

  • @jackdixon2063
    @jackdixon2063 Před 11 měsíci

    Legend

  • @warpath4821
    @warpath4821 Před rokem

    Just this shirt video was eye opening thanks

  • @Unknownhumans45
    @Unknownhumans45 Před rokem

    Using this for making music. Thanks.

  • @eacesyednollej3562
    @eacesyednollej3562 Před rokem

    Thank you

  • @cubertuber1048
    @cubertuber1048 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you so much for these videos. God bless and Jesus loves you!

  • @ProjectMathesar
    @ProjectMathesar Před rokem +1

    I've been hoping for a video on this topic. I always get stuck here.

  • @Emma-jm8tz
    @Emma-jm8tz Před rokem

    I thought your voice was so familiar and then realised you're Dallas Jenkin's dad!! I love the chosen 😍

  • @SpartanCodeTBAG
    @SpartanCodeTBAG Před rokem +1

    Thumbs up.

  • @engleharddinglefester4285

    Thanks! I'd been wondering what the term "worldbuilding" was about and was having difficulty understanding it.

  • @estebanterrazas5324
    @estebanterrazas5324 Před rokem +1

    Get job. Very helpful

  • @lindaabraham8715
    @lindaabraham8715 Před rokem

    I am an "outliner" and a playwright. In my writing, I want to accomplish an overall theme, as well as many lesser themes, within a compelling plot, all mapped out before beginning. The outline keeps me focused so that each scene must contribute to my objectives. Then, writing simply becomes adhering to the recipe of the outline, and dialogue is the spice. I suppose having an audience is what attracts me to the play format--I anticipate the audience's reaction, and imagining this reaction is the motivator to get finished. My problem is that I like to talk, talk, talk about the current play until my friends are bored with me. In my current work, I begin with an ordinary situation in which neither of my protagonists (a married couple) is honest with themselves or each other. An intelligent viewer should understand the situation immediately, and some will be very uncomfortable with it. Then, the fun begins... What I would appreciate very much is someone knowledgeable who can follow my progress, someone who might just comment on whether it is interesting or not. Is that possible?

  • @HardKillaz
    @HardKillaz Před 3 měsíci

    Subbed

  • @thermalrain_yt9725
    @thermalrain_yt9725 Před 10 měsíci

    My wife says i can write pretty good. Ive always been interested in it and toyed with the idea. I dont read much though.
    Im a pretty good beginner. Most things ive done i feel like i have a headstart. I had this idea that i want to do and its causing me to look up things like this. I heard about jqck and the beanstalk and the story aeemed like it could be done in a slightly futuristic world. Instead of a real beanstalk its a digital one heading into the cloud.
    I brainstormed quite a bit of the details and it feels good.
    I just need to figure out how to go about the whole process.

  • @crosscutofficial
    @crosscutofficial Před rokem

    I love your videos. They’ve helped me so much. I’m currently writing a Christian Science Fiction book. I’m concerned though about controversy among many Christians that may result with a certain topic within the book, I wish I could afford to get your full classes. Sadly, I’m on a fixed income.

    • @sodapopcowboy8620
      @sodapopcowboy8620 Před rokem

      Sweet! You have fun with it! Ask others of their thoughts on it along the way should help you out. You cannot let yourself be trapped in a tight box.

  • @BenjaminBiruta-mu3by
    @BenjaminBiruta-mu3by Před 9 měsíci

    I got a question, I have no financial aid to publish my novel....How is it done ? What is the whole process ?

  • @BenjaminBiruta-mu3by
    @BenjaminBiruta-mu3by Před 9 měsíci

    Thanks a lot, JJ

  • @al2642
    @al2642 Před rokem +3

    Did he say "final fintasy"?

    • @YumEspressoYum
      @YumEspressoYum Před rokem +4

      I had the same reaction! Hahaha impressive. Cool guy

  • @yvesgomes
    @yvesgomes Před rokem +3

    Regarding soft and hard magic, are there successful examples where the magic is soft in the first book of a series, then becomes harder in the sequels, as the main character learns about it?

    • @sodapopcowboy8620
      @sodapopcowboy8620 Před rokem

      "He Who Fights With Monsters" by Shirtaloon is an example of this (You should try out the audiobooks on audible it is fantastic!). It still comes with a punch but increases more so overtime in the plot. I am currently working on my own book series that will do the same except it will not be revealed to be partly magic later about mid way in the series. So things can start small to large or medium to large. I find some sort of gradual influx of information to the reader helps them understand what the world is and how it works.

    • @yvesgomes
      @yvesgomes Před rokem +1

      @@sodapopcowboy8620 Thanks!

  • @peterloader974
    @peterloader974 Před rokem

    You need to check your website. I can't download any of your guides?

  • @yayawood8609
    @yayawood8609 Před rokem

    Here is my comment.
    Thank you.

  • @cjsamtab7
    @cjsamtab7 Před 10 dny

    Sir, how do I deal with brand names? Should I use brand names and are there by-laws governing their use in stories? By the way, Im doing this in Singapore, a very touchy place.

  • @ftk-forthekingdomministrie7439

    It needs to be said that Left Behind is a fantasy novel

  • @Crown_mermaid
    @Crown_mermaid Před 3 měsíci

    My pen name ~Nirah mermaid 📌
    The book i wrote will be made into a film one day and create a great impact in writing and cinemic world 😊🎉

  • @MikhaelAhava
    @MikhaelAhava Před rokem

    Ok.

  • @bruhbroseph
    @bruhbroseph Před rokem +3

    Bruh, 1st.

  • @clintcarpentier2424
    @clintcarpentier2424 Před rokem

    "Dude, you got a serious problem."
    "Whadda ya mean? I don't gotta problem. You gotta problem."
    "Dude... look at yourself. Put the world down, and step away..."
    czcams.com/video/Iz-8CSa9xj8/video.html

  • @kahwigulum
    @kahwigulum Před rokem

    unpopular take
    Totalitarian, Authoritarian, and Democratic are all descriptors of the same type of government

  • @John14.6OuO
    @John14.6OuO Před rokem

    Thanks for this
    Btw👇
    God LOVED YOU so MUCH that He sent His only son to die in YOUR PLACE so you won't have to die under Gods judgement but live forever IF you fully trust in Jesus, now that he's risen. Please repent from thinking wickedness 🙏🙏🙏