I'm interested in so many worldbuilding things for this! See my letter for them all, but:
+I’m curious about the creepy fear towers! What’s going on with them? I’m interested in the history of the towers—how and by whom were they built? What are the snaky things? What was it like when people tried (successfully or unsuccessfully) to pull them down?
+Write in-universe documents like origin myths for the winds named The Gargler, The Mantrap, and/or The Poisoner!
+Create your own original island(s) or expand on the lore about existing islands!
Crossing - Shaun Tan Cat, People on the Cat's Head
+Is the cat really big, or are the people really small? Or are there standard-sized people for whom the cat is small and then there are even smaller, Stuart Little-sized people that can ride on the cat?
+Can the cat talk?
+Are there lots of giant cats? How did they come to be? Misfired spell, or intentional spell, or that’s just the way cats are?
+Who made the decision to take the journey? Maybe the cat kidnapped the people, or the people asked the cat to take them, or it was a mutual journey. Did they know each other before the Crossing?
Le Città Invisibili | Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino Worldbuilding
See my letter for more prompts and my favourite cities, but:
+Write about one of the cities! My favourites are above, but I’m willing to be swayed by your interest in a different city. I’m here for zoomed-out type writing about the city in general or what the neighbouring cities think of it, but also here for stories about one or more inhabitants/visitors and what their daily life is like.
Also totally cool to invent one or more original cities. Write a travel guide to them, or write about them in the style of the novel, or write about their inhabitants! Go wild! I’d be particularly interested in a city located underwater, underground, or in space (the International Space Station except it’s a city?!).
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The Islanders - Christopher Priest
[no characters nominated]
(Read for free here: https://booksvooks.com/fullbook/the-islanders-pdf-christopher-priest.html?page=1)
I'm interested in so many worldbuilding things for this! See my letter for them all, but:
+I’m curious about the creepy fear towers! What’s going on with them? I’m interested in the history of the towers—how and by whom were they built? What are the snaky things? What was it like when people tried (successfully or unsuccessfully) to pull them down?
+Write in-universe documents like origin myths for the winds named The Gargler, The Mantrap, and/or The Poisoner!
+Create your own original island(s) or expand on the lore about existing islands!
Crossing - Shaun Tan
Cat, People on the Cat's Head
(see the painting here: https://beinart.org/products/shaun-tan-crossing-limited-edition-print-of-300-48-3x33cm-19x13)
See my letter for more, but:
+Is the cat really big, or are the people really small? Or are there standard-sized people for whom the cat is small and then there are even smaller, Stuart Little-sized people that can ride on the cat?
+Can the cat talk?
+Are there lots of giant cats? How did they come to be? Misfired spell, or intentional spell, or that’s just the way cats are?
+Who made the decision to take the journey? Maybe the cat kidnapped the people, or the people asked the cat to take them, or it was a mutual journey. Did they know each other before the Crossing?
Le Città Invisibili | Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
Worldbuilding
(Read for free here: https://booksvooks.com/nonscrolablepdf/invisible-cities-pdf-italo-calvino.html)
See my letter for more prompts and my favourite cities, but:
+Write about one of the cities! My favourites are above, but I’m willing to be swayed by your interest in a different city. I’m here for zoomed-out type writing about the city in general or what the neighbouring cities think of it, but also here for stories about one or more inhabitants/visitors and what their daily life is like.
Also totally cool to invent one or more original cities. Write a travel guide to them, or write about them in the style of the novel, or write about their inhabitants! Go wild! I’d be particularly interested in a city located underwater, underground, or in space (the International Space Station except it’s a city?!).