I'm going to go slightly astray from my normal posts for a moment. Last week was the economics of specific characters. Now I'm expanding to economics of entire worlds.
It seems obvious at first - the economics of the world is based on money. After all, that's what we all have in our pockets/purses/bank accounts. We don't store leaves or cherry pits or shells.
But what does that money buy? What's important in your character's world? Not just the obvious desires the characters have, but the subtle things. Do your people ever buy food? Clothing? Is everything provided in the story, done in the background, or do economics matter? What's bartered for? What's traded back and forth?
Without the economics, there is no story. There are always things of value in the story, be them visible or not. Why are they there? What are they for? What does it mean to have them, or to not have them? What are they truly worth?
Writing prompt: Write a quick scene where your characters are dealing with an object of value. What will they give to get it? Why?
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