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Fictional culture - an essential piece of worldbuilding in certain genres of fiction—particularly in science fiction and fantasy.

Storytellers develop fictional cultures in a variety of mediums, including film, television, short stories, novels, and video games.

A fictional culture is defined by the customs, languages, values, and symbols of an imaginary world.

How to Create a Fictional Culture

Although there are nearly endless possibilities, consider some of these general writing tips for creating a fictional culture.

Pull inspiration from the real world. Pay attention to the cultural behaviors within your society. Broaden your own cultural perspective by researching the ideas and values of different cultures throughout history. Use real-life cultural examples to inform your fictional world, but be wary of repurposing existing cultures or perpetuating stereotypes.

Build off your main character. Develop the setting of your story based on how it serves the character development of your protagonist. Build a culture that highlights or contradicts your main character’s goals, needs, and fears.

Develop a belief system. Consider the core values, social norms, and taboos of your fictional culture. A central belief system can guide how you create rituals, symbols, and artifacts within your story.

Create a social structure. Develop how the family structures and social hierarchies work within your fictional culture. Decide where your main character falls within the social structure. Monetary systems can change your social structure depending on whether you use a bartering economy or something more complex.

Construct a technological system. Determine how advanced the technology is in your fictional culture. The technology of your story will impact the entertainment, communication, and modes of transportation within your fictional world.

Write a brief history. Expand your culture by writing a brief mythology of your fictional society. Avoid overwriting, and keep your history contained to important information that can impact your story.

Examples of Fictional Cultures

🐝  *  ―  𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐃 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝟎𝟏𝟐: 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑.  (  i had this sitting in my drafts for a while and just remembered i never posted it so here’s another template.  the preview can be found here.  it’s made for single muses and has a navigation, guidelines, about, verses and connection pages.  this template uses less than fifty elements so it’s base account friendly.  )

―  HOW TO USE

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when you first open this template, it might look a little weird because carrd deletes the images i’ve used so there will only be empty spacers of sorts that may look a little out of place.  just upload images and this will fix itself.

actual image sizes don’t matter since carrd scales them to fit but you can see examples of the image sizes i’ve used in the demo to get an idea for the dimensions.  or just try your own and play around with the settings to get the desired outcome.

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Prompts for writing eyes like that

✧ Her eyes weren’t simply blue; they were the kind of blue that belongs to water you can’t see the bottom of. Shallow at first glance, endless once you step too close.

✧ His gaze carried the weight of winter skies, that pale, aching blue you only get before the snow begins to fall.

✧ Blue that didn’t soothe, it burned cold, sharp as ice cracking beneath your feet.

✧ Looking at her was like staring into waves you know will pull you under, and letting them.

✧ His eyes weren’t glassy jewels; they were sea-glass, worn down by storms, carrying salt and history.

AND YOU (COUPLE VER) TEMPLATE ($1.50)

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fonts used are: cocogoose & arial

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