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THIN AIR KIDS: It’s the End of the World: How to Write Dystopian Fiction

Sunday, February 16, 2025 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Community Classroom, McNally Robinson - Grant Park, 1120 Grant Avenue

Admission: Free

Join us for a wild ride into the apocalypse with novelist MARK MORTON and learn how to craft your own dystopian worlds! (Ages 13-19)

Aaaah! It’s the End of the World…. and if you’re an aspiring teenage writer, this is your chance to learn some strategies for creating your own dystopian fiction with writer Mark Morton!

** Venue change – this event is now happening at the McNally Robinson Community Classroom, 1120 Grant Avenue. **

Dystopian short stories and novels (like The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Divergent, Oryx and Crake, and The Handmaid’s Tale, to name only a few) are among the most exciting and thought-provoking forms of speculative fiction.

In this workshop, author Mark Morton will first talk a bit about his own process in writing The Headmasters and will then talk about the key elements that are needed in dystopian fiction. He’ll then have the participants do a quick exercise that will help them get started on creating their own dystopian world, and then participants will share some of their dystopian ideas with one another!

When: Sunday, February 16 from 1:30-3:00pm

Where: McNally Robinson Community Classroom, 1120 Grant Avenue

Participants: 13 – 19 year-olds with a serious interest in writing fiction

Admission: FREE!

Co-presented by the Manitoba Writers’ Guild Youth Program.

Registration required, space limited

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Plume Winnipeg