How to write exciting stories set in the future
David Barker
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: 100 plus travel
- Category:
- Humanities
- Updated:
- 25th January 2024
In this talk, I will show how the future can be an exciting setting for stories. With references to my latest children's book (Pax & The Missing Head) as well as my Gold trilogy thrillers, I will share ideas about using changes in technology and tweaks to geography that can elevate interest in a story. I will also explore the prevalence of dystopia in such stories.
Views: 74 | Enquiries: 0About David Barker
I worked for the Bank of England during the 1990s and then spent 20 years as chief economist at a major international fund. During that time I was heavily involved in research into commodity markets and predicting which way political events such as Brexit and Trump's first campaign might go.
I am also a published author of 3 climate-fiction thrillers (The Gold Trilogy, Bloodhound Books), 1 children's adventure story (Pax & The Missing Head, Tiny Tree) and 2 pantomime scripts (published on The Lazy Bee website). I studied writing at the Faber Academy in 2014. I am a member of the Society of Authors and the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators.
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