Wrap It Up With a Bow

Wrapping things up, let's talk about some smaller details we didn't cover. When creating a world, especially for fiction and fantasy, some things to know are what people look like. Are they dark skinned? Do they have a range of skin tones and hair colors? One thing I want to work on with my stories is making my cast of characters more diverse. 

If you have an all-white cast, your story isn't going to be all that unique, unless you're writing about a hidden society of albinos. The real world is full of people with different backgrounds, shapes, and colors, so let your story reflect that. When in doubt, think about other races like in Dungeons and Dragons, there are dwarves, halflings, elves of many varieties, orcs, and tieflings, to name a few.

Now, once your figure out what people look like, what's normal and unusual, consider clothing. If you need help thinking of the best kind of clothing for your world, do some research. See what people wear all across the world, what we wore in the past, and get some ideas. Media is also a good place for outfit ideas. 

Another thing that you don't think about until you need it, is time and calendars. How does time work in your world? Often, it's easy to stick with what you know, but sometimes it's fun to stretch your creativity and create your own calendar. I did this for my stories, and for whatever reason, decided to make things hard on myself by making the passage of time between the realms different...It's given me a headache, but complicated things for my characters, which was the entire point. Lol, so that being said, have fun and create a unique world!