Day 1: Prep!

(Sorry for the delay posting this. I live in Las Vegas, and my intentions to post last night were derailed.)

On the first day of your October journey, you will need to get a notebook or some other way to track your worldbuilding notes. You can use a notebook, a pad of paper, loose sheets, a note-keeping app or program such as Evernote, a Google document, or specialized writing tools like Scrivener. You could even use a poster or bulletin board where you stick your notes-- you will be writing about 1 page of notes every day for the next thirty days.

It's a little easier if the notebook can be reorganized into sections, but even if you use a spiral-bound notebook, you can just section it off. You'll need the following sections, with about 8-10 pages for each section:

• Mood
• Physical Features
• History
• Biology
• Societies
• Language

If you are a novelist, you'll probably end up keeping more sections for your characters, plot hooks, and storylines, but for creating just the setting, these will be enough.

Any time in the next 30 days when I refer to your "notes" or your "notebook," this is what I'm talking about. Whether it's physical or virtual, that's your notebook.

Got it? Great! Let's get started!