Whispers in the Dark: how to build your own fantasy world

by Lian Tanner

Description

Experience the delight of creating your own fantasy world. In this workshop, Lian will lead participants through the process of creating a brand new world in which they can set their own stories.

Topics covered:
  • Draw a rough map and find the important places.
  • Use visualisation to enrich and populate your fantasy world.
  • Work with things you love and things you hate to create tension and excitement in this new world.
  • Magic, and why it needs limits.
  • Non-human creatures.

Details

Audience

Years 3-6 Particularly suitable for children interested in fantasy and/or children interested in writing, but also works well for a general class

Duration

60-120 minutes

Requirements

Large sheets of paper (like butchers paper), at least 2 for each student. Coloured textas and pencils for each student. Whiteboard.

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