Dear all, Upon inheriting the Looking Glass from our predecessors, we identified a number of key issues. Firstly, there were simply not enough articles being published, due both to a lack of submissions from the school community and limited responsiveness from the previous Academic Team. Secondly, the Looking Glass had not been advertised or explained effectively enough to the wider school community. As a result, we plan to implement a more consistent and engaging stream of articles on the Looking Glass. As part of this initiative, we are looking to recruit a select group of keen writers from across the lower school who would be willing to produce one high-quality piece of writing, discussion, or media each month for publication on the Looking Glass. We believe this will be hugely beneficial both to the school community, which will gain access to a wider range of opinions and viewpoints, and to prospective writers, who will be able to reference their experience contributing to the Look...
Immersive Storytelling: Worldbuilding George Digby (U6T) Worldbuilding is a crucial part of storytelling. It is the act of creating and cultivating a world for your reader/readers to immerse themselves in. In my opinion, one of the most enjoyable parts of writing a story is the preparatory work, a time when you aren’t bogged down with the flow of language, a point when you can simply create and cultivate a world in your mind without the restrictions of narrative. Worldbuilding is something I find fascinating. However for many of the fellow writers and storytellers I talk to, worldbuilding is often a slog, with the fundamentals of cause and effect often acting as a weight in the mind of those who struggle with it. This article will serve as an overview of my process and hopefully act as a guide to those of you interested in creating your own settings for use in writing or elsewhere. However, do not take this article as doctrine - this is simply what worked for me and what I hope c...