Session 1 · AUTHOR: Hear Voices
Science check and reader circle
- 15 minScience check: find one real fact that makes your world more believable (NIWA for sea-level rise, NASA Space Place for planets, Netsafe for AI).
- 25 minReader circle: share your world bible and opening. Listeners say what hooked them, what confused them and one question they have.
- 10 minDecide what to keep, change or explain better.
Session 2 · AUTHOR: Organise
Plan and draft
- 10 minStory mountain: opening, build-up, problem, climax, resolution. Where does the big 'what if' matter most?
- 35 minDraft the story. Keep your world bible beside you so the rules stay consistent.
- 5 minMark the line where the reader should understand your theme.
Getting started
Use the story-mountain frame with sentence starters for each part.
Stretch
Plant a small clue early that pays off at the end.
Checkpoint
Each student has a planned story and a draft of at least the opening and build-up.
Activities for this week
- Science check: What real science makes your world more believable?
Useful this week
- Coasts ↗ New Zealand science on coasts and rising seas for Aotearoa 2126 stories.
- Generative AI ↗ What AI tools are and how to think about them, for robot and AI stories.
- Bioluminescence and superbugs ↗ How real living things make light, for glowing alien life.