Final thoughts

To sum up the description of Leo Five, Said reiterates the key theme once more with a comparison to the character’s home for contrast. Finally, to remind the reader of how unfamiliar this setting is to the character, we see a piece of Lucky’s lack of comprehension or understanding of an aspect.

This was the height of Human wealth, and it made the moon he’d grown up on look like a toy town. It was astonishing to see all that energy burning in those buildings, powering this civilization.

Phoenix

Emotional impacts tell us about the relationships between the topic and the character; these are important.

Having seen some of the descriptions from our examples, let’s see how they get summarised.

This was what it should be like. It made schlepping cafeteria rations on a D-grade space station feel like a wasted existence. Being on a military starship was a better life, with a better class of people. A better future.

This was madness. Space was infinitely deadly, but Grendel B was a pure meat grinder. There was no way they could be getting anything from Grendel’s atmosphere that made this insane station worthwhile.

This life needed protecting, Jola thought, from the human invaders with their destruction and their chemicals. Why they hated our world below the surface with such a passion was a mystery to her.

Summarise the description of your world here.

Science fantasy worldbuilding in Phoenix 3: A whole new world