How to Write LORE for Stories (Fiction Writing Advice)

Learn what Lore is and how to create it for your stories.

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[PuppetMaster-Blade]

Another way to write lore is Write a lorebook just for yourself. Pretty much an encyclopedia of your world, and when a scene or element of your lore comes to play take bits and pieces of what you wrote down. Helps alot, especially when you're doing an epic fantasy or something with indepth lore

[noname]

i prefer to have lore to be written enough so I can have confidence when writing the story. It especially helps with consistency and makes the world feel more alive.

[azazelthefallen]

A) Major Historical Events/Conflicts leading to current situations of—
1. Magical Research
2. Magical Warfare
3. Rulers of the daylight
4. Rulers of the shadows
5. Organisations with aims working in the shadows
6. Resource Farming Institutions
7. Professions that came along with all these
8. Religions and Belief Systems that followed
9. Magical Ambitions and aspirations varying on various social levels and conflicts arising from them.
10. Economical condition
11. Flow of resources
12. Various fantasy Races, their past beliefs leading to a history of conflict, current stances and situation.
(Just came with these on the spot and they could be incorrect/ lacking, so help this newbie fix them or add new things.)
[FOR FANTASY+ACTION GENRE]

[reinotsurugi]

That Luke Obiwan chat was such gold. It totally painted a picture that stimulated so many images for me. It was short but so right on, a really great example of how to do it right.

[stevensandersauthor]

I love the way you give information in an efficient, succinct way, always less than 10 minutes. There are a lot of terrific YouTube channels on writing, but yours has become my go-to. Keep ‘em coming!

[claudiag]

Even if it hurts; you're right. No Lore for Lore's sake. Especially with fantasy, I find that very hard because I want to incorporate all the great ideas I had for my world. Leaving something out because it doesn't contribute to the story will rip me to pieces, but I also need to admit that it is neccessary

[ludovico]

I write crime fiction, mostly, but i discovered that in entails a lot of world building and lore. You've got the various police forces and mob groups, the important players, etc.

[johnnyryan]

That sports game analogy was brilliant btw

[TheDuncanStudios]

GvK (Godzilla vs Kong)

My favorite part of some lore in that movie is the ancient war between the Titans!
And the Hallow Earth lore, I can't WAIT until Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire comes out!
There's gonna be SO MUCH




Side note-
I'm currently working on a lore for a book I'm writing, I have a TON of it!

The book is set in my superhero universe on another planet.
I have at most 64k+ words of just lore (more or less info dumping), of my book alone...

And that book ties into my Defenders of Earth superheroes too!

I can't wait until I'm finished with it all!
I plan on making some of these stories into films!

[txLALA]

Favorite movie is LOTR, and I can't pick a favorite. Three-way tie between the elves, dwarves, and rings.

[Dhips.]

The lore or history is important for my story, but finding ways to implement it is hard. I don't want it to seem like info dumps or history class of the world it's in.

[poptartpanda]

I’m hoping to get a book published that I am currently writing. My book is really meant to have a deep history. This video has helped me so much! I was able to make a great history for my setting and characters. So thank you!❤

[franx]

THIS ACTUALLY HELPED ME SO MUCH THANK YOU

[ButterCookie]

Great explanation of lore!! Thank you. I am creating werewolf lore with heavy research. Subbed.

[pompeiiizzy]

I usually think up lore and then a story around it, like how it affects the people surrounding the stuff

[taylorcouz]

Thank you for the pictures they make it so organized and understandable again thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[ScarletFang]

Thank you for making this video! It is definitely a insightful and good one. Keep up the good work

[evan_game_dev]

not writing a book or making a movie but I'll definitely use this advice, thanks. in case you are interested, I'm making a video game

[tylerourada]

My favorite movie is Jaws. The most interesting bit of lore is Quint talking about the USS Indianapolis.

[easternpa]

Thank you for this explanation. I've been wondering how to tackle lore (or if I even need to). My main character doesn't like how the place he calls home is changing, nor is he fond of the "new crowd" moving in. Now I understand why I need to flesh out why he doesn't like the new people and why he blames them for the problems that coincidentally arrived when they did. I need to understand "the old days" so I can see why one might not be too happy with the way things are now.