Week 1

 

This week's theme: Nourishment

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.

— Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

  We’re starting with… food! Ok, not just food. In fact, this theme is way more general than it seems! For example, technology is “nourished” by an energy source, plants feed on sunlight, and it’s often said that philosophy and spirituality “nourish the soul”. Basically, anything that gets “consumed” for a positive effect is nourishment, physically or metaphorically. Yes, this theme goes pretty deep—you could almost say it’s food for thought!    

Renourish your motivations

To decide what your Summer Camp goal will be, revisit why you’re worldbuilding in the first place! And, why are you building this world specifically? Most importantly, are you still serving those motivations? Are you focusing on things that will help you achieve what you want to achieve?   Based on your motivations, choose which area of your world you want to focus on. This could be a geographical area (e.g. a new continent) or a conceptual area (e.g. factions, magic, etc). Answering this question will help you focus your efforts for summer camp! And it will also help you decide your goals for the month—that is, how many prompts you’re aiming for! The completion goals are 8 (copper), 16 (silver), 24 (gold), and 32 (diamond) prompts.    

Revisit your world

If you’re not creating a brand-new world for Summer Camp, re-read your worldbuilding meta and the core articles. As the world grows, it’s easy to forget some of what you’ve written, so now’s a good time to refresh your memory.   Not familiar with the worldbuilding meta? It’s a series of questions that help you define fundamental aspects of your setting to keep you consistent and on track. Check the guide to the meta for details (we just updated it)!     Create a Summer Camp Prep article using the generic article template, write your answers in it, and submit it by June 28th!

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To recap the assignments:

1. Think about ways the theme of Nourishment affects your world. Do people generally have what they need? What happens when they don’t?
2. Download the pledge document and fill it out with your goal for Summer Camp!
3. If you found any outdated articles in your world, update the most important ones now! Do the same with your worldbuilding meta.