Enter a new world with Riverland's Stuart Watkinson as he guides writers through the process of building and developing their own fantasy worlds.

Who slew the dragon that formed the stars? Where does the wind from the east come from? Who built the stone wall that divides the continent? When building worlds we can be as specific or as broad as we want. But there are some established methods and schools of thought. In this course we’ll be diving into the various styles and types of world-building, ways to implement world-building into your writing, and we’ll even get some inspiration from random tables and dice!

Let’s build a world!

Participants will:

• Gain a better understanding of what world-building is.
• Learn different approaches to world-building.
• Use random tables, genorators and other forms of inspiration.
• Put their worlds into words.
• Identify pitfalls and things to avoid when crafting your fantasy world.

This event is presented as part of our Portal: Fantasy Workshop Festival in the Riverland (Sept 9-11). See all events, workshops and updates here!

This workshop is presented by the Writers SA No Limits: Young Regional Writers program, and is aimed at regional writers under 30, however writers all ages and locations are very welcome to attend.

About Stuart Watkinson

Stuart is an educator, writer, podcaster, and RPG designer. He writes mind-bending dangerous adventures, with a touch of the apocalypse. When not in the classroom he is writing words or rolling dice. He has a range of published tabletop roleplaying games and supplements for science fiction and fantasy storytelling. At the heart of all of them is strong world-building to help players tell engaging stories.

This is a FREE event as part of No Limits. This workshop is presented by Writers SA, with support from the Berri Barmera Council.

Venue: Barmera Memorial Hall, 24A Barwell Avenue, Barmera (between Part of Things and Bonney Theatre)

—We strongly recommend all staff, speakers, and attendees of in-person events be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. You cannot attend if you have been asked to isolate by SA Health or are feeling unwell. See our full policy here.

—Writers SA members must be logged in to receive the member discount. If you would like to use a workshop credit to book in, please contact [email protected] at least five working days before the workshop commencement date. Our staff don’t work full time and we don’t want you to miss out!

—Our Youth Membership category also includes a subscription to Voiceworks. Voiceworks is a national literary journal that features exciting new writing and art by young Australians. Join here.