16 November 2024

Posted by Frankie

Junior & Young Writers: Week 10 [Wild Words] - World Building

Hi Writers,

For week 10 of the writers group, we started building our own worlds and examining what

elements go into world-building and what helps transport us to different worlds when we

read.

To start the Junior writers session, we checked in using our favourite songs and artists to

describe our week. One week was summed up as rock&roll because it was amazing. The

singer Prince was chosen for a week that was "a real jam’ One week was very busy and

compared to Iron Maiden.

Henry. R shared the choose-your-own-adventure story he finished at home from last week.

We played Buzzy Bees before moving on to discussing what makes a good world in a story.

The group suggested that magic, technology, nature/animals, and characters are all

essential elements in world-building.

Using prompts and questions, such as: Are there forests, grasslands, mountains? Describe

the sky during the day & night. Are there multiple suns/moons? What is the climate like?

What are the animals/plants like, if there are any? The group began designing worlds.

Evan created a world he called the ‘Cyberverse' which he described as always dark, a

barren world with two moons, and three zones—a mining area, a training area, and the city.

Noah's world had forests filled with lightning trees, blue grass, and mountains made of

diamonds. Henry. J's world had a colour-changing sun and moon and hosted animals that

talk and trees that spy on you.

Next, we discussed other factors in world-building, such as geography, nature, population,

politics, culture, magic, and power.

Hamish recreated Minecraft with his world and described a government-less world with a red

portal where it's considered very rude to kill a pig named Rupert.

In the young writers group, one week was described as a nursery rhyme because it started

off okay but went on and on and on. Another week was described as Billie Eilish because

although it was pretty good, it wasn't the best.

This group concluded that culture, history, conflict, quests, settlements, and civilisations are all important elements in world-building.

Using the prompts and questions, the group started working on adding different features to their world.

Berry created a black-and-white world called 'The Black Island' where a character called

'The Boss' took all the colour and made the world icy and frozen. Berry also described a

magic system that involved ice.

Sonny created a world he named the ‘Blobbum' that consisted of three regions: agriculture,

mountains, and a city. Sonny also explained that his world had three gods and that temples

and offerings were a very big part of its culture. The houses in this world were reusable mud

houses that would sink and collapse and be built up again, but they never had roofs to let

the sun goddess shine through.

Lily created 'Skyldern' which floated above the clouds on top of a big turtle. In this world,

there were the natural inhabitants, the bird people or the 'Skyns' and the invading human

species. The leader split the world in half to try to protect the bird people from the humans,

but the world lost its magic in this split. A rude gesture you would want to avoid when visiting

Skyldern is shaking your tail feathers.

Daisy described a world with many small, colourful islands set upon towering cliffs that

overlooked a blackish-blue sea. In Daisy's world, a sea god would leave sea children in the

village once a year. These children had great powers, such as mind control and

premonitions. The clothes worn by this world's inhabitants were made of sea silk, which is

made from seaweed.

Poppy imagined a world where three species existed: squares, circles, and triangles. Due to

limited resources, the squares and circles were at war. Poppy described the circles as

wearing false teeth and the squares as wearing false eyebrows—they also had some very

unique-looking pets.

Leo's world was called the ‘Land of Caramber' with 15 trillion suns and three species of

animals. This world is very money-oriented, and the people worship the God 'Meelon Usk'

Next week, we will continue exploring the various colourful worlds that our imaginative

groups have designed.

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