Where Do Ideas Come From?
By Simon Rose
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About this ebook
Where Do Ideas Come From? examines how The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, and The Sphere of Septimus can be used to create workshops and creative writing exercises.
These include writing time travel stories, creating superheroes and comic books, inventing imaginary worlds and fantasy kingdoms, exploring fascinating historical eras, imagining future technological developments, and examining ancient mysteries and civilizations.
Where Do Ideas Come From? provides suggestions and recommendations for teachers developing classroom projects based on the books but might also serve as inspiration for aspiring writers of all ages.
Simon Rose
Simon Rose is the author of The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Future Imperfect, the Flashback series, the Shadowzone series, The Stone of the Seer series, and An Untimely Death. Simon is also the author of The Children’s Writer's Guide, The Time Traveler’s Guide, The Working Writer’s Guide, a contributing author to The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Volume One, and has written many non-fiction books.Simon offers a number of services for writers, including editing, manuscript evaluation, coaching, mentoring, and writing workshops. He has provided substantive and copy editing services for many other writers over the years. This has been for novels, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, biographies, inspirational books, and many other genres. He also offers copywriting services for business, including website and social media content. He served as the Writer-in-Residence for the Canadian Authors Association, is the founder of Children’s Authors and Illustrators on Facebook, and served as the Assistant Regional Advisor for SCBWI Western Canada.Simon works as a creative writing instructor throughout the year, is an instructor for adults with the University of Calgary, and offers a variety of online workshops for both children and adults. Simon also offers a wide variety of presentations, workshops, and author in residence programs for schools and libraries, including virtual author visits.Simon is a regular presenter at conferences and festivals, and served as a juror for the Governor General’s Literary Awards for Children’s Literature, the Saskatchewan Book Awards, the Parsec Awards, and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.Full details can be found at his website www.simon-rose.com. You may also connect on Facebook or follow him on Twitter or Instagram.
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Where Do Ideas Come From? - Simon Rose
Where Do Ideas
Come From?
Spectacular story starters, study guides and classroom resources
By
Simon Rose
Where Do Ideas Come From?
Copyright © 2016 by Simon Rose
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations for the purpose of a book review. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, please contact Simon Rose at sorcerersletterbox@gmail.com
Published by Sorcerer's Letterbox Publishing
Calgary, Alberta
www.simon-rose.com
Table of Contents
Title Page
Introduction
Chapter One The Alchemist’s Portrait
Character creation
Historical eras
Time travel tales
Doorways and portals
Museum mysteries
The art of inspiration
Chapter Two The Sorcerer’s Letterbox
The Wars of the Roses
The Tower of London
Medieval detectives
Life in the Middle Ages
The world of words
Incredible journeys
Chapter Three The Clone Conspiracy
Clone for a day
Medical marvels
Future technology
Making mammoths
Chapter Four The Emerald Curse
Create your own superhero
The origin
Headline news
Comic books
Board games
Chapter Five The Heretic’s Tomb
The Black Death
Ancient artifacts
Uncovering the past
The Middle Ages
The medieval church
Girl power
The history of books
Chapter Six The Doomsday Mask
The end of World War II
The legend of Atlantis
The Pleistocene Extinction
Ancient cities of the Americas
Chapter Seven The Time Camera
The History of Photography
What if?
Changing the past
Every picture tells a story
Chapter Eight The Sphere of Septimus
Marvelous maps
Flags and banners
Government, people, and economy
Amazing artifacts and magical objects
Fantasy creatures
Culture, myths, and legends
Tourism guide
Conclusion
About the Author
Books by Simon Rose
Introduction
Many of my novels can be used as the basis for workshops and projects in the classroom. The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, and The Heretic’s Tomb are all time travel stories and can be used as the basis for workshops in which students create time machines and stories set in a different