The Shortis Library was fortunate to host George Ivanoff, a Melbourne author who has written more than 100 books for kids and teens, a number of which have been nominated or won awards.

George took participants through a range of techniques about world building, researching, character creation and storyline formation including how to plot interactive ‘choose your own’ stories.

Students’ thoughts:

“I learnt that it is important to put obstacles in a story, but equally as important to ensure that they do not slow the story too much”

“I think what worked well was when George was explaining how to make a character or how to build a world…how everything is connected”

Students can find out more about George Ivanoff and his writing by checking out his official website: https://georgeivanoff.com.au/

Jenny Corbin

Learning Leader – Library