Beginner's Guide To World Building

How to create the setting for your story.

One-session online workshop, 1 - 1.5 hours, live teaching, via Zoom.

The length of the sessions varies depending on the session topic and the questions and discussions that arise. Sessions will be a minimum of one hour.

Only ten places available on this workshop.

Starting Thursday 29th February 2024 at 7pm.

Times shown: Greenwich Mean Time

If you are interested in future dates for this workshop please email: [email protected]

Workshop fee: £25

(meeting invite will be sent out a couple of days prior to the workshop)
Sold Out

Workshop Outline

In this workshop you’ll learn how to create a world for your characters to live in. This could be anything from fantasy or sci-fi to current day, past or future reality. You'll learn about the six elements you need to think about when creating your world. In this session we’ll give you an exercise so you can start working on your world.

This workshop is useful for all story tellers as it will help you to pin down the world your characters are moving around in.

This workshop is run by Budding Writers in partnership with The Writers Bureau.

Sold Out

Workshop Leader

Phil Busby E.N. (M) B.A. Hons

Phil Busby

A playwright, singer-songwriter and author, Phil works in course development for The Writers Bureau, Manchester. Originally a psychiatric nurse, he studied Theatre at Dartington College of Arts before working across Europe for ten years as a performer, writer and workshop leader. Phil is a co-founder of Budding Writers.

By taking part in this workshop you will:

  • meet other writers

  • have time to ask questions

  • develop an understanding of how to create believable worlds your readers can enter

  • learn new ways to improve your writing

  • have a well planned world to help kick-start your writing project

  • gain increased self-confidence to take your writing forward on your own.

Thursday 29th February at 7pm

Workshop fee: £25

  • Learn how to create a believable world for your characters to live in

  • Find out about the elements you need to think about

  • Notes emailed to you after the session

  • A maximum of 10 people