Apparently it’s the week for sharing random YouTube videos, and we’re just leaning into that. (As much as I logically love the idea of a weekly structure around here, a la Made-It Mondays, let’s be honest: the rest of my brain vastly prefers random spontaneity [why did I have to spell that three times] and the freedom to do literally everything based on mood.)
Anyway, not only is this one a fun little thought exercise in what would happen if the world’s landmasses were suddenly rotated by 90 degrees, it’s also a brief version of LITERALLY the process I teach in How To Map!
If this kind of thing amuses you and makes you happy and you wish you were as competent at very quickly figuring out what the climate would be like on various parts of your map, this is literally – literally! – the process I teach you in How To Map, going step by step from ‘hey, here are some randomly placed squiggles on a page!’ to ‘yes indeed this is where most of the rain would fall and human populations would settle and deserts would form *projects Confidence* ‘
Just in case, you know, you were wondering 😉
(And honestly, once you understand the principles, the process is pretty much as quick as is shown in the videos – this is not a Thing you have to labour over every time you worldbuild, so long as you put in the bit of effort up front to learn the principles. Which – hi! – that’s why I wrote the book 😉 )
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