I already posted this link over in the Kate Elliott thread for her fans to mull over, but it seemed to me that the article might be particularly useful over here, too. (As well as inspiring a completely different sort of discussion.) Ms. Elliott describes in great detail her ideas about worldbuilding and how she incorporates them into her writing.
http://www.writing-world.com/sf/elliott.shtml
From a writerly point of view, even more than from a readerly one, I think this is a wonderful article.
http://www.writing-world.com/sf/elliott.shtml
From a writerly point of view, even more than from a readerly one, I think this is a wonderful article.