Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds
The emerging discipline of immersive storytelling recognizes the power of creative works that put the visitor/player at the center of the action. In her recently published book,"Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds," immersive storyteller and former Imagineer Margaret Kerrison shares tips and tricks for writers on teams tasked with bringing a narrative to life. How do you take an idea from inspiration to manifestation? How do you move from telling a story to creating a world? The first book of its kind written specifically for writers, Kerrison lays out the foundational principles of immersive storytelling.
Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds: A Writer's Guide | Amazon
Biography
Born in Indonesia and raised in Singapore, Margaret Kerrison received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Her career spans 15 years of creating narratives and writing for television, film, digital media, games, brand storytelling, location-based entertainment, narrative placemaking, and immersive experiences.
She is an award-winning Story Lead, Story Consultant, and Writer for multiple projects around the world, including Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, Avengers Campus, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, National Geographic Base Camp, AMOREPACIFIC Story Garden, and the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. She was a Disney Imagineer from 2014-2021.
She is a frequent speaker for immersive storytelling in conferences, universities, and companies, including SXSW, Star Wars Celebration, D23, IAAPA Expo, FMX Conference, Asian Festival of Children's Content (Singapore), USC, UCLA, Johns Hopkins University, Laguna College of Art and Design, Singapore National Library Board, Blizzard/Activision, and Riot Games. Her projects have been featured around the world in The New York Times, Good Morning America, The Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Wired magazine, and the official site for Star Wars.
Her first book "Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds - A Writer's Guide" was released in August 2022. Margaret is the 2023 Paul Helmle Fellow for the Department of Architecture at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona.
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