Ben Settle on World-Building
In one of his daily emails, Ben Settle wrote:
The key to World-Building is to not overthink it, not try to have it all figured out, and start trusting your brain to give you the answers you need, when needed, which it will if you allow it to.
You start with ONE thing, then build upon that.
Think about learning how to read and write - you lay out all the letters and explain them one by one, then start putting them into very small words, then sentences, then paragraphs, pages, books… that’s how World-Building works.
How interesting.
My book, Create It Quick, isn’t about world-building.
But it is about content creation, which is a subset of world-building. It’s useful for building your business/career and your life, i.e., your world.
Ben Settle asks you to think about learning how to write.
He says:
“You lay out all the letters and explain them one by one, then start putting them into very small words, then sentences, then paragraphs, pages, books…”
Sounds straightforward, right?
But it's not.
You need to know the real building blocks. And no, letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs aren’t them.
In fact, I say exactly that, word for word, on page 80 of my book.
And to make it easier for you, I reveal the true building blocks on page 81.
Best,
—Geoffrey