Name: 【TED-Ed】如何建構一個奇幻世界 (How to build a fictional world - Kate Messner)
Uploaded: 2014-04-15T18:18:12.000Z
Duration: 5 min 25 s

Gandalf is one of five wizards sent by the Valar

甘道夫屬於諸神派遣的五名巫師

in their struggles against the dark force of Sauron.

subject to the physical rules of Middle Earth,

and hack the neon binary code of the Matrix

就可以在數秒內學會駕駛直升機

Cheshire cats can juggle their own heads.

至於生命、宇宙與一切的終極答案 （*出自《銀河系漫遊指南》）

And the answer to the ultimate question of life,

正是42 （*出自《銀河系漫遊指南》）

必須依靠一系列物理和社會法則

這些錯綜複雜的世界 正是因此才

within a spectrum of physical and societal rules.

to millions of bookshelves around the world.

以及「溫加顛拉維阿薩」(飄浮咒語)

安坐於書架上的 這數兆書頁之內了

當這些由人隨手寫在紙上的文字

我們憑邏輯與情感 將這些訊號解讀成

甚至能改變讀者 對真實世界的觀感

that is completely invented by the author,

but also to change the reader's perspective

但每天都有人創造出 虛構的奇妙世界

或是寫在街上那家飯館的餐巾上

yet fantastical, fictional worlds are created everyday

even on napkins at the restaurant down the street.

are all you need to get started writing a novel.

以下是幾個我用過的問題和方法

幫助自己建立這幾個故事 所發生的世界

but I have written some science thrillers

Here are some questions and methods I've used

知道故事發生在哪裡 是很重要的