Adventure Time with Jeremy Lachlan

Join best-selling author Jeremy Lachlan on a deep-dive into his created worlds, as he shares the tips and tricks that helped him write his best-selling, award-winning series, The Jane Doe Chronicles. How do you build a fictional world from scratch? How do you write believable characters and craft your own mythology? What makes a great action sequence? Should you plot a story or fly by the seat of your pants? All these questions will be answered, and more.

Topics covered:

• The creative process
• Inspiration
• World-building
• Origin myths and new religions
• Plotting vs “pantsing”
• Character voice, perspective and motivation
• Mining your (imagined) environment: weapons, vehicles and creatures, oh my!
• Juxtaposing positive and negative beats
• Comedy vs tragedy: navigating the delicate balance between light and dark