For scientists and wizards, world building is key to story in certain genres -- but do you start with the world or do you start with the characters and the plot? And when you're inventing a world, how much can you rely on another author's world as inspiration before it becomes outright copying? And at what point do you need to start drawing actual maps? This panel will attempt to answer the tough questions that center around the complicated effort of creating an entire universe -- or, you know, just an average day for an author. Moderated by Nichole Rued.