You've spent three weeks mapping trade routes for a kingdom that doesn't appear until Chapter 12. You have forty pages on griffin migration patterns. And you haven't written a single word about your protagonist.

Welcome to Worldbuilding Paralysis.

Traditional worldbuilding tells you to start with the gods, build down through continents and empires, and finally—exhaustedly—reach your characters. But stories aren't museums. They're engines of conflict.

The Lean Worldbuilding Method flips the script.

Inspired by tech startup philosophy, this revolutionary approach teaches you to build a Minimum Viable World—just enough to write your next scene. Then you break it. Then you fix it. Every detail earns its place by creating tension, raising stakes, or deepening character.

Inside, you'll discover:

• The three-phase method that prevents infinite canvas paralysis
• Decision gates that stop you from overbuilding
• Worked examples across fantasy, sci-fi, and contemporary settings
• Battle-tested templates for rapid worldbuilding
• How to reverse-engineer plot from your world's conflicts

Stop building encyclopedias. Start building stories.

Your world isn't done when there's nothing left to add. It's done when there's nothing left to take away without breaking the story.