Worldbuilding while not being an autistic sperg

[Sayer of the N-Word]

>how do I build an elaborate believable fictional setting people will get invested in?
>no I don't want to do that nerd shit like read history or analyze/break down every little thing that goes on around me
>just tell me how to make people invested in what I wrote without having to think too hard about it
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P.S. if you are actually scared of being viewed as an autistic sperg you are NGMI, ever

The very best "worldbuilders" do more than read, they usually understand a society or culture at an academic level, are autodidacts, and/or have significant life experience outside of retail droning, undergrad college, and cubicle slavery. Tolkien, MAR Barker, Frank Herbert, or, more recently, China Mieville (whatever you think of his politics) and Arkady Martine. These people stand in sharp contrast to guys like GRRM, John Scalzi, Vox Day, or Brando Sando, whose best stories still use highly derivative settings which are not very interesting.

Guys like Michael Moorcock and David Gerrold test this rule, but they definitely aren't enough to erase the stain left by GRRM in particular.

 

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I heard an interesting idea that you should write a ton of autistic lore and then only share a fraction of it. That it's okay and GOOD to know more about your setting than your readers do.