During week 6, our class had a chance to workshop our worlds, ironing out any kinks that our group found. When I first pitched the idea of “Lore Enforcement” to my group, the concept seemed fairly well received. With such a strong concept of world, consequences, and some characters that may inhabit it; my group made suggestions aimed at the potential realization of this idea, and how I could present it in a final project. There was much discussion as to whether an overarching story line should or shouldn’t be in place; as well as how the characters involved would interact with each other (as I had envisioned one male, one female; the question was asked of the relationship between the two, the character’s personalities and how this may affect the interactions within the texts, and so on).

When I suggested that one element I would like to include in my final project would be a synopsis of a season, with a list of texts that could be explored – the group began firing many excellent ideas for explorable texts at me; expanding my original idea of a Romeo & Juliet pilot and a Harry Potter season finale to include Where’s Wally, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Lord of the Flies, and even a “Christmas special” episode with A Christmas Carol.

While I can understand the pitching exercise in itself was meant to help flesh out one’s own world – when this world has been developing in my mind for the past six weeks; it felt somewhat like I was recalling a simple theory – this is a world that has become familiar to me and I have already formulated set boundaries. However, the further discussion in my group was highly valuable in highlighting areas of my world that need further development before I begin focusing too much on my final presentation.