Worldbuilding with Words is a study of what makes great worldbuilding, from the word choices wemake to the entire universe we create. Students will learn tools to create fascinating worldbuilding to resonate with your readers regardless of genre. We’ll adventure through worldbuilding with videos, readings, lessons, and hands-on practice. Students will emerge with essential worldbuilding tools to make their stories ‘shiny’ for thei rreaders.
Syllabus example:
Wordbuilding with words–how do bestselling authors set up their world in the first paragraph? Their first page?
Genre conventions-different genres have different tropes for feeding your audience the genre elements yourreaders crave.
Setting–examine what, where, when, who, and how of your novel.
Digging the details–Geography, geology, archeology, anthropology, mythology, religion, culture, society,technology, science, magic, ethics and values, people and characters, philosophy, etc.
Designing your world–history and background, structures, map making.
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