By Michael James Liljenberg. Creating Fantasy and Science
Fiction Worlds And God said, 'Let the water under the sky be
gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear.' And it
was so. God called the dry ground 'land', and the gathered
waters he called 'seas'. And God saw that it was good. Then God
said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed bearing plants and
trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to
their various kinds.' And it was so. Day 3: Let The Dry Land &
Plants Appear: Geology & Botany The third day dawns over the
seas, but the climate is only the first stage of developing a
complete environment for you world. Now we turn our attention to
the land. The physical world you build for your story will
affect the civilizations and characters in both subtle and
dramatic ways. A desert is more than hot temperatures; it is a
geographic feature that lacks water, with all the implications
for life there. Mountains create rain forests on one side and
rain shadows on the other. A jungle