So, you have the basic idea for a story, and you think you have a good idea of what it’s going to be about, but then you reach a wall. The problem is, you write fantasy or science-fiction and you just can’t seem to tap into your creativity, can’t seem to come up with more ideas for your world. Maybe you’re not so good at fleshing out your initial ideas. Or all of your most brilliant and original concepts seem to have been used up in your older stories. You want your new tale to be unique and believable, but how? Whether you’re writing high or low fantasy or science-fiction, you’re going to need to do a little—or a lot— of worldbuilding. Sometimes the ideas flow and sometimes you get stuck and your creative mind seems to have shut down or disappeared. Well, I’m here to help with that. Below is a list of questions I ask myself while brainstorming ideas for new worlds. They allow me to delve into specific areas of worldbuilding, taking me from the broad and vague, to the very partic...