{"id":26546,"date":"2023-01-14T14:49:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T22:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?page_id=26546"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:06:13","slug":"world-building-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"World Building Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HEADER-WORLD-BUILDING-TOOLS-LOGO-HOW-TO-WRITE-THE-FUTURE_v01-2300-\u00d7-900-px.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"26549\" width=\"862\" data-init-width=\"2300\" height=\"900\" data-init-height=\"900\" title=\"HEADER-WORLD BUILDING TOOLS LOGO-HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE_v01 (2300 \u00d7 900 px)\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HEADER-WORLD-BUILDING-TOOLS-LOGO-HOW-TO-WRITE-THE-FUTURE_v01-2300-\u00d7-900-px.png\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" data-width=\"862\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 2300 \/ 900;\" ml-d=\"0\" mt-d=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Click on the image to download the PDF workbook. \u2b07\ufe0f<\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"\">Or click on this link:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WORLD-BUILDING-WORKBOOK-BY-BETH-BARANY_v02-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"outline: none;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WORLD-BUILDING-WORKBOOK-BY-BETH-BARANY_v02-2023.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">With your <em>World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>You can use the prompts to take notes in your journal or digital file., or print it out to write on.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>This workbook includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Instructions<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Fillable workbook<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Further resources<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Next steps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WORLD-BUILDING-WORKBOOK-BY-BETH-BARANY_v02-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WORLD BUILDING WORKBOOK_BETH BARANY\" data-id=\"26551\" width=\"410\" data-init-width=\"1604\" height=\"2560\" data-init-height=\"2560\" title=\"WORLD BUILDING WORKBOOK_BETH BARANY\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WORLD-BUILDING-WORKBOOK_BETH-BARANY_DRAFT_V2-1604-\u00d7-2560-px.png\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" data-width=\"410\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 1604 \/ 2560;\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: rgb(61, 24, 0) !important; --tcb-applied-color:rgb(61, 24, 0)  !important;\">About Beth Barany<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0)  !important; color: rgb(61, 24, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Beth Barany is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy novelist, and certified creativity coach for writers, and runs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\">podcast<\/a>, <strong>How To Write The Future<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(61, 24, 0);\"><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0) !important;\"> She specializes in helping writers experience clarity, so they can write, revise, and proudly publish their novels to the delight of their readers. Her courses are packed with useful hands-on information that you can implement right away. Her transformational consulting sessions help you step into the author life you want with ease and joy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(61, 24, 0);\"><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0) !important;\">She runs an <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/p\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(61, 24, 0);\"><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0) !important;\"><strong>online school for fiction writers,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(61, 24, 0);\"><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0) !important;\"> including a 12-month group coaching <a href=\"http:\/\/coaching.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">program<\/a> to help them develop an editing practice and get published.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0)  !important; color: rgb(61, 24, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">More resources on publishing, book marketing, and novel writing are on her blog, for and by creative writers, <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Writer&#8217;s Fun Zone<\/a>.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0)  !important; color: rgb(61, 24, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0)  !important; color: rgb(61, 24, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">When she&#8217;s not helping writers, Beth writes <a href=\"https:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure<\/a>&nbsp; that empower women and girls to be the heroes of their own lives. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0)  !important; color: rgb(61, 24, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"--tcb-applied-color: rgb(61, 24, 0)  !important; color: rgb(61, 24, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">For fun, Beth loves walking her hilly neighborhood, puttering in her garden, and watching YouTube videos about the space industry. Beth lives in Oakland, California with her husband, Ezra Barany, also a novelist, and their cats.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-dynamic-link=\"thrive_global_fields_url\" data-shortcode-id=\"in\" data-id=\"icon-linkedin\"><span> <\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-dynamic-link=\"thrive_global_fields_url\" data-shortcode-id=\"t\" data-id=\"icon-twitter\"><span>                     <\/span><\/a>Contact BethPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name <span>*<\/span>FirstLastEmail <span>*<\/span>Comment or Message <span>*<\/span><!-- .wpforms-field-container -->Submit  <!-- .wpforms-container -->[tcb-script src=&#8221;https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js&#8221; data-type=&#8221;list&#8221; data-list-slug=&#8221;world-building-resources-for-fiction-writers&#8221;][\/tcb-script]<\/p>\n<p><strong>c. 2023 Beth Barany<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/privacy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"outline: none;\">Privacy Policy<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"outline: none;\">Writer&#8217;s Fun Zone blog<\/a> | &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/copyright-important-disclaimer-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"outline: none;\">Copyright<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"outline: none;\">Contact Beth<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"outline: none;\">Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click on the image to download the PDF workbook. \u2b07\ufe0f Or click on this link: https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WORLD-BUILDING-WORKBOOK-BY-BETH-BARANY_v02-2023.pdf With your World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers: You can use the prompts to take notes in your&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":1,"tcb_editor_enabled":1,"tve_landing_page":"tcb2-personal-branding-homepage","_tve_header":"0","_tve_footer":"0"},"class_list":["post-26546","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Building Tools &#183; 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