When I'm writing and the characters are sufficiently developed in my mind, the situation is set up correctly to move the story along, and I've reached a "flow" frame of mind, the dialogue writes itself. I don't "hear" the characters as literal voices in my head, but I don't have to ponder what they'd say. I think this is pretty common for fiction writers.
And, of course, in order to tell a story, it has to be set _somewhere_. That requires at least a little bit of world-creation, so all fiction writers do that too, even if it's limited to just a few imaginary settings in real places.
Being able to clearly visualise a created world and its contents and people can be very useful. Google "memory palace" for one practical application that's been used for a very long time.
Is it normal to have a fantasy world in my head?
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When I'm writing and the characters are sufficiently developed in my mind, the situation is set up correctly to move the story along, and I've reached a "flow" frame of mind, the dialogue writes itself. I don't "hear" the characters as literal voices in my head, but I don't have to ponder what they'd say. I think this is pretty common for fiction writers.
And, of course, in order to tell a story, it has to be set _somewhere_. That requires at least a little bit of world-creation, so all fiction writers do that too, even if it's limited to just a few imaginary settings in real places.
Being able to clearly visualise a created world and its contents and people can be very useful. Google "memory palace" for one practical application that's been used for a very long time.