Struggling to build a believable fantasy world without drowning your reader in detail? Learn the secrets of natural worldbuilding from writers who’ve been there.

In this episode of The Fantasy Writers’ Toolshed, Richie Billing and J.M. Williams explore one of the most exciting and challenging parts of writing fantasy: worldbuilding. It’s every author’s playground, and sometimes their biggest headache.

How much detail is too much? When should you explain, and when should you imply? And how do you make your world feel real without resorting to exposition dumps?

Richie and J.M. share their favourite fantasy writing tips for building vivid, believable worlds that draw readers in from page one. They talk about the most effective ways to weave world details naturally into your n ...