A Writeblr’s Guide to Worldbuilding Wednesday (WBW)
Since I made one for Storyteller Saturday, I figured I might as well make a guide for my other old favorite, Worldbuilding Wednesday.
What is Worldbuilding Wednesday?
It’s a weekly ask game style event that happens every Wednesday where writers send each other questions about the world building of their works in progress. I don’t know who started it, or how exactly it got started, but I believe it started shortly after Storyteller Saturday became popular.
Well, you announce that you’re participating by either reblogging a wbw announcement post or making your own, and then go find other writers who are participating and send them either general world building questions, like how they do it, or specific world building questions about their WIPs.
I don’t know what to ask…
Yeah, that’s a common struggle, particularly when trying to interact with new people. You can look at the other questions people are sending or what kind of questions you hope people will ask you for inspiration. There’s also lots of world building checklists that you can use for inspiration too. When in doubt, I find that people love being asked about what their favorite world building detail of specific projects is.
Is it okay to send asks to writeblrs I don’t interact with much?
Generally, yes, so long as you see that they’re participating. That is the point of the event, to get to know other people’s imaginary worlds or get to know the worlds of your favorite WIPs better! :D
How do I let people know I’m participating?
You can make or reblog a post on Wednesdays to let people know, or just start stopping by people’s ask boxes and leaving questions. Both is pretty common. You can also add it to your blog’s bio that you’re open to Worldbuilding Wednesday asks.
If you can never remember what day of the week it is, you can schedule your ‘I’m participating in WBW this week’ posts in your queue so they post on Wednesday.
How do I know if people are participating?
Keep an eye out for posts saying they’re participating in WBW, or people who sent your mutuals/writeblrs you follow questions. People who answer WBW asks usually are participating as well.
Also, @directoryofwriters has a site where writeblrs can add their writing blogs to a list of participants for WBW, and a few other weekly events, so you can check here for a list of people who participate, and add yourself to it if you’d like ^^
As of all ask games, it’s considered polite to send an ask back to people who sent you one. That being said, it’s not a hard rule.
Also, not everyone will have the time or spoons to answer all of the questions, little alone send them back, and that’s alright. It’s perfectly fine to not answer the asks you get that day if you get overwhelmed. It’s alright if you space sending an ask back. I’m sure people will understand, so don’t beat yourself up if it happens, alright? ^^
And that’s it, that’s the basics of Worldbuilding Wednesday ^^ I hope this helps.
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