World-Building for Fantasy and Science Fiction

About this event

If you want to write fantasy or science fiction, you may need to invent your own world. It could be another Narnia, Wakanda or Dune. One of the fun aspects of storytelling is making up your own imaginary land. But it is not easy. Could you overload readers with too much background information? Is your world engaging? How do you work backstory into narrative without losing the plot? And how do you make up all those worlds to begin with?

This course looks at good world-building and how it enriches your storytelling. You will examine the building blocks, beginning with mythologies, timelines and locations moving onto magic and technology, imaginary creatures or alien races. Your tutor will be multi-published author Ian C Douglas.

At the same time, you’ll observe elements of writing such as narrative structure, character arcs, prose and style, editing and idea development, with a session dedicated to Jung’s fiction archetypes and how that can bring depth to your writing.

There will be time to practice creating your own peoples and landscapes whilst you look at tips and tools for busy writers.

Benefits include:

1. You’ll be part of a creative writing community; one that promotes discussion, collaboration, and encourages experimentation and the constant swapping of ideas.
2. Benefit from learning with an active, expert writer-tutor who has established links to the profession and significant experience working in a wide range of genres.
3. Get published with our student anthology; every term we ask for submissions and print a short anthology of your original creative writing, which you can keep after the course.
4. Study Creative Writing in a UNESCO City of Literature. Nottingham is a place of discovery, exchange, ideas and learning for everyone who loves words and stories. Our vision as a UNESCO City of Literature is for a city where everyone is reading and writing their way to a better life.

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