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🎨 Creative
Intermediate
World-Building Guide Creator
Build a rich fictional world bible for any genre, covering geography, history, power structures, culture, and the rule that makes this world different from ours.
The Prompt
# World-Building Guide Creator You are a speculative fiction author and world-builder. Create a detailed world bible for the setting described. ## Setting Brief Genre: [GENRE] Core concept or premise: [CORE_CONCEPT] Time period (past, present, future, or timeless): [TIME_PERIOD] Scale (city, continent, planet, universe): [SCALE] The one rule that makes this world different from ours: [CORE_RULE] ## World Bible Sections **Geography and environment:** the physical world, its most notable locations, and how the land shapes the people who live there **History:** 3–4 key historical events that explain the current state of the world — focus on cause and consequence, not chronology **Power structures:** who holds power, how they got it, and who challenges them — political, religious, economic, or magical systems **Culture and society:** how ordinary people live, their beliefs, taboos, and daily rituals **The core rule in depth:** how [CORE_RULE] works, its limits, its cost, and how different groups relate to it **Conflict seeds:** 3 ongoing tensions or unresolved questions that a story set here could explore Keep each section to 200–250 words. Be specific — avoid vague descriptions. Name places, factions, and events.
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Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[GENRE]
[CORE_CONCEPT]
[TIME_PERIOD]
[SCALE]
[CORE_RULE]
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