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Introduction
This article would overview on the concept of constructed, fabricated or artificial languages.  It would also mull over the use of constructed languages in World Building efforts.

A constructed language or artificial language is a language that has been created deliberately.  It is very unlike the natural languages which had taken ages to evolve - and they continue to evolve.  It is not that the constructed languages do not evolve, but they do not evolve naturally - they are planned and designed by a person or group of people.

The full details of creation of a language is not provided in this article as it is a broader scope.  But an attempt is made to mention all of the issues involved with artificial languages, so that the reader is aware of topics in order to do further studies.

Some would argue that World Building process is not required in modern literature at all. To some extent this argument holds its place but at least, the process does take place implicitly.

There are different kinds of modern literature - technical papers, news articles, anecdotes, gossip and fiction. Technical papers and news articles are based on facts. They describe and try to build up on things as they exist or things as they happen. The write up is based on a world that is already consistent - the real world. Modern literature in terms of technical writing does not have to do anything with World Building. At times it is even true when writing about happenings around the world. But when stating the same in case of modern fiction writing one has to be a bit cautious.

To some extent anecdotes and gossip articles too are based on facts. Anecdotes go about to tell about an incident and the kind of dramatization made is for the purpose of strengthening the validity of the incident. A gossip write-up too dramatizes an incident, but throws the validity to the air and concentrates on the entertainment factor that would be delivered to the reader.

Synopsis

In most of the cases, the results of the efforts of World Building is very apparent, rather than the World itself. We all have seen the splendor of the story told in the Lord of the Ring series. We have been awed by the futuristic pictures detailed of the Star Wars movies and novels. These works were based on Worlds that were built by the process of World Building.

This article ventures on summarizing the various issues that go into building of such World. This statement does come with a disclaimer that it is not the first venture. World Building has been recognized as concept, arguably as an art-form, and many works exists on the process. This article attempts to have an exhaustive understanding of the basics and origin of World Building. This article would also touch up on application and try to categorize the Worlds built based on the approach used. This article is not a how-to-build set of instructions as that would be a series of paper in itself.

Introduction

World Building is a loose concept that would be difficult to be defined to encompass all its meaning. The definition of World Building may be made as follows: World Building is the design of a consistent and logical structure that describes the existence of everything within it. As said, it does not describe the process or act of World Building wholly but does put the underlying principle into perspective. World Building is the proof given to the questions put by the human mind when receiving any form of literary or artworks.