Simple worldbuilding checklist (no art skills required)

Contents:

🤔 Planning
📝 Writing
📚 Content
🎯 Revising
📰 Publishing
📢 Sharing

Have you ever been reminded of an excellent writing tip and you're like "Damn, I keep forgetting to do that."? Yeah, same - so over the years I've made myself a list to just have a quick glance over when I'm worldbuilding to see if I can add a little something ✨extra✨ to my world and make it more connected!

I'm sharing them here with you in case you find it helpful, but don't feel like you need to do every-single-thing, every-single-time - just use it as a reminder! 🥰

I write my worldbuilding offline in Obsidian and present it online with World Anvil, so feel free to ignore any tips that aren't relevant to you 😄

🤔 Planning

Is there a prompt on WorldAnvil or in my #400Prompts that will suit this article?

• What are 3 other articles in my world that can be connected to this?

• Are there any articles with little to no connections that this can be linked to?

📝 Writing

What's the intended emotion for this article?

• Does it reflect the recurring themes, genre, and mood of my world?

• What senses does it cover? (Sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, etc)

• Does it answer the prompt? If not, can I twist the prompt to suit my needs?

• Have I made use of the 6 questions method? (Who, what, when, where, why, how?)

📚 Content

Does it have a cover image that conveys what the article is about?

• Does it contain at least one image to help illustrate the concept?

• If there's a location mentioned, is there a map so you can see where it is?

• If there's an event mentioned, is there a timeline (or chronicle) you can explore?

• Does the article icon add context to the topic? (This is more World Anvil specific.)

• If they're not of solely my own creation, do I have the rights or licence to use the images in this article, and have I added proper credits to them?

🎯 Revising

Is the article title intriguing? Is it pronounceable?

• Does the subheading and/or excerpt give context and a hook to what it's about?

• Are the headings interesting and informative? Do they add to the theme of this setting?

• Could someone skim read this and get a good understanding of what's going on?

• Are there any spelling/grammar errors?

• Have I used too much passive voice?

• What's the incentive to interact / comment?

• Where do I want people go after this and have I made it clear?

📰 Publishing

Are the correct tags set?

• Is it in the correct category?

• Is the url/slug set?

📢 Sharing

Have notifications been pushed? If not, has a reminder been made to do so later?

• Have I shared/scheduled posts on socials?

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What reminders are on your list? If you think something important is missing from this list, let me know :D