Ask an Anthropologist: How Much Worldbuilding Do You Really Need?

Next Edition of Ask An Anthropologist About Worldbuilding Live Q&A – February 3rd 2026

Submit your questions before the stream in the comments section by clicking here

What’s the right amount of worldbuilding for your story? Maps, architecture, magic, religion, language, myth? The answer… it depends.

In this clip from our last episode of the Ask an Anthropologist About Worldbuilding livestream, I break down how to decide what’s essential for your story, whether you’re writing a 6,000-word short or the first book in a multi-volume epic.

Want help with your worldbuilding? Join us on February 3rd and I’ll field your questions. Can’t make it that day? Put your questions in the comments and I’ll do my best to address them. Click here for the next livestream episode (or watch the replay if you’re seeing this after February 3rd)

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