Crafting Plausible Maps (2015)
If you&#x27;re making a fantasy world (which is not a past or future Earth in disguise), you don&#x27;t have to stick to plate tectonics and volcanism as they exist on Earth. Geology varies a lot between planets, even in our solar system!<p>That&#x27;s without even going into whatever makes your world &quot;fantasy&quot;. Un-Earthly geology could be plot relevant (The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin). Or it could be a bit of colorful background that&#x27;s still scientifically valid. Maybe you live on a tidally locked moon, or a geologically dead world with a cold core, or an ocean world with an ice crust (not of water necessarily). Maybe the locally important geological phenomena come not from inside the planet (plates, volcanoes) but outside (asteroids, meteors). Maybe your planet&#x27;s liquid core has currents so strong that islands float around at meters per second and bounce off each other.<p>Fantasy only needs to be consistent with yourself - not with our Earth. Otherwise where&#x27;s the fun in worldbuilding?<p>Relevant article from the same site: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mythcreants.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;should-your-fantasy-world-resemble-earth&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mythcreants.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;should-your-fantasy-world-resem...</a>