Once You Have Drafted The Story Message And Researched

Once You Have Drafted The Story Message And Researched the Target Audi

Once you have drafted the story message and researched the target audience, the next step is beginning to build the creative components of the story. You will need to know the details of the world that the story will exist in before you can move on to developing the plot of the story itself.

Create a sketch for one story’s world. Use descriptive language to show rather than tell the attributes of the world. Your world may be related to the work you completed for the story pitch for Milestone One or it can also be completely unrelated to that story pitch.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

• In a sketch of one story’s world, identify and describe the following:
• Inhabitants of the chosen world (such as cultural, racial, or ethnic groups; animal, botanical, or non-human inhabitants; previous or extinct inhabitants; relationships among the inhabitants, etc.)
• Physical and non-physical landscapes that exist in the chosen world (such as ecosystems, proximity to other worlds, atmosphere, terrain, urban and rural areas, buildings and infrastructure, as well as how the world looks, sounds, smells, tastes, and feels to inhabitants, etc.)
• Major points of interest in the chosen world (such as cities, historical landmarks, geological features, popular establishments, etc.)
• Important historical events that have occurred in the chosen world (such as notable leaders and forms of governments; important world, environmental, or religious events; notable disasters (natural or inhabitant-made), etc.)
• Major conflicts that currently exist in the chosen world (such as between or within groups of inhabitants, against other worlds, etc.)

Guidelines for Submission

This assignment must be approximately 250 to 500 words in length and submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

Paper For Above instruction

The constructed world of a story should serve as a vivid backdrop that not only supports the narrative but also enriches the reader’s experience through detailed and immersive descriptions. For this exercise, I chose to develop a fictional world known as Eryndor, a planet teeming with diverse inhabitants and complex landscapes that foster unique cultural and ecological interactions.

Inhabitants of Eryndor include a spectrum of beings, such as the indigenous Vathar, a race of semi-intelligent amphibious creatures with bioluminescent features that inhabit the planet’s shadowy lakes and marshlands. Human explorers and settlers, known as the Kaelan, have established several colonies along the temperate coasts. Additionally, extinct species like the colossal Skywhales once roamed Eryndor’s skies, leaving behind fossilized remnants that now serve as cultural artifacts. Relations among inhabitants are often characterized by tension between the native Vathar and the human settlers, driven by resource conflicts and cultural misunderstandings.

The physical landscape of Eryndor is a rich tapestry of ecosystems, including sprawling forests of towering crystalline trees, expansive mountain ranges, and glowing desert plains. The planet’s atmosphere is thick with vibrant, iridescent clouds, and its terrain varies from lush, fertile valleys to barren, windswept plateaus. The soundscape is filled with the hum of mystical flora, the chirping of alien creatures, and the distant rumble of geological activity. The smells of the planet include the fragrant pollen of bio-luminescent plants and the acrid scent of volcanic vents, while the tastes of Eryndor are reminiscent of earthy minerals and sweet alien fruits, sensations that immersively define the inhabitant experience.

Major points of interest encompass the ancient city of Thalor, perched atop crystalline cliffs, and the Grand Eryndor Gorge, renowned for its vivid rock formations and historical significance. The planet features landmarks like the Aurora Spires, where the sky dances with multicolored lights during the equinox, and the Fossil Fields, containing the preserved remains of the Skywhales. These sites are central to both cultural identity and tourism, shaping the economic and social fabric of Eryndor’s inhabitants.

Historically, Eryndor’s timeline includes the Great Splinter War, a conflict between factions vying for control over sacred sites, and the Era of Harmony, marked by an uneasy peace negotiation facilitated by the Planetary Council. Notable leaders such as Queen Mira of the Kaelan and Elder Vuro of the Vathar have played critical roles in shaping the planet’s political landscape. Environmental events like the Seasonal Bloom, a rare cosmic phenomenon that triggers mass migrations of native species, have shaped ecological cycles, while natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions and meteor storms periodically threaten stability.

Current conflicts involve territorial disputes between human colonists and native Vathar over resource-rich regions, ideological clashes concerning environmental conservation, and differing visions for the planet’s future development. These tensions are complicated further by external threats from neighboring worlds seeking to expand their influence, raising questions about sovereignty and the resilience of Eryndor’s diverse civilizations.

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