Writing place & building worlds
Kelly Gardiner
Join us to learn how to bring your fictional worlds to life on the page.
We’ll look at how to research and recreate real places and eras, as well as how to completely imagine new worlds, planets, moments or societies.
This full-day masterclass is designed for all writers but will be particularly useful for people writing speculative fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, historical romance or crime – any genre that involves either accurately presented realist settings, or imagined places, futures or pasts.
What you’ll learn:
- The importance of place
- How setting supports story
- Steps to create an entire universe or society
- How to research historical or distant settings
- How to include findings (or not!)
- How to put into words what you see in your mind
- Tropes and reader expectations of key genres.
We’ll also make time for:
- Exercises and tips to use in your writing
- Questions and discussion.
It will include teaching, writing exercises, conversation, bad jokes, and possibly Tim Tams.
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