November Worldbuilding
A free monthlong creative challenge to design your own fictional world
What is "worldbuilding"?
Worldbuilding is the process of creating a fictional world and all the rules and characteristics within it; this includes, but is not limited to, a fictional place's culture(s), economy, environments, conflicts, history, and so much more!
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This year's November Worldbuilding is sponsored by World Anvil ⛏️
World Anvil is a set of worldbuilding tools that helps you create, organize and store your world setting, and write your stories & novels.
Welcome to Storytelling Collective's November Worldbuilding Challenge
November 1 - November 30, 2025
Join us for a 100% free monthlong writing challenge, complete with lessons, activities, resources, and guidance on developing your own original, fictional world
Any narrative you write requires worldbuilding, and we're here help to you start your journey into designing the immersive, detailed world of your dreams! The goal of this challenge is to have fun, be creative, and make a world unlike anything you've ever seen—because you are building it.
Join us for four weeks of worldbuilding, where we'll break down the basics and give you fun activities that will help you on your creative journey.
Register now and join us in the Storytelling Collective Discord server, where we have a private channel set up just for participants.
Sign up for the November Worldbuilding Challenge 2025
This is a 100% FREE challenge, but if you want to kick $10 our way as a thanks, every donated dollar is delegated to our scholarship fund.
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An overview of what you'll learn:
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Welcome to the 2025 November Worldbuilding Challenge!
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Challenge Schedule & Toolkit
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Get to Know the Storytelling Collective
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About World Anvil
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What is a Plot?
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Activity #1: Plot
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The Basics of Worldbuilding
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Activity #2: Gather Your Inspiration!
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Visualizing Your World
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Activity #3: Vision, Sound, and Mood!
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Building Character(s)
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Activity #4: Interview Your Character(s)
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Send Me Your Location, Tell Me Your History!
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Activity #5: Mapping Location & Discovering History
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About this course
- Free
- 18 lessons
- Activities with each lesson
Meet Your Teacher
This creative challenge was designed and developed by prolific author and StoCo's Program Director, Insha Fitzpatrick
Program Director Insha Fitzpatrick
Insha Fitzpatrick (she/they) is a New Jersey-based author who loves all things horror. She’s the writer of Hanging with Vampires & Chilling with Ghosts (Quirk Books), Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks (Who HQ), and the co-author of the graphic novel series Oh My Gods! for middle-grade readers. When she’s not writing, she’s catching up on horror movies, learning new ttRPG systems, and watching reality TV.
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Share work, get feedback, support others, and connect with fellow worldbuilders!
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