What Gaming Taught Me About Worldbuilding

In this interactive webinar, join award-winning YA fantasy novelist Janelle McCurdy. Janelle will be sharing with us her top tips for creating a practical world building template, to help you make sure the world your characters move through is believable, consistent, and comes alive on the page. Regardless of the genre you are writing in, come along and learn how to build a world for your story that is fit for purpose and where all of the logic lines up perfectly. An avid gamer, Janelle will also be sharing with us how different games influenced her debut, and how the intersections of gaming and writing impact her process for the better.

About your speaker

Janelle is an author and fully-fledged gamer. She started writing at 16 years old and, after completing her degree in Criminology and Sociology, she moved back home to London and began writing middle grade fantasy. Her prize-winning story, Mia and the Lightcasters, was acquired by Faber in a major auction and became her debut novel. Two further books in the Umbra Tales series have since been released: The Secrets of Nubis and The Traitors of Lunis.

This event is free for members of TLC’s Being A Writer platform. If you are a member simply head to Circle to RSVP. A very limited number of non member tickets are available for purchase.