Hello, all! I have found that developing characters and their motivations usually doesn't prove awfully difficult for me (except when it does, of course). Something I desperately need to work on, though, is world-building.

I know the prompts later this month will give us an opportunity to build our worlds, but if anyone doesn't quite know where to lay the first brick or needs to develop their world in order to develop their characters, it might be helpful to start considering your setting a bit early.

I was looking around on the internet, and I thought I'd post what I found just in case any of my fellow Preppers want to ruminate on their settings during the Freebie day. (I apologize if these links have been shared before!)

Obviously, most of these are for fantasy worlds/alternate Earths/sci-fi stories, but they can also help for historical fiction and other stories where you need to know about government, commerce, language, customs, and other things.

PDF worksheet for Fantasy/SciFi:
http://northbynotwest.com/Sherry_Ramsey/Script_Wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011...

List of insanely detailed questions:
http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/
This one looks particularly detailed!

I hope these can be of help to someone! I know I'll be referencing them.