I think that every time I think about how I got my start into writing, I have to really go back to my childhood. Being exposed to all kinds of different stories and different cultures really imprinted me in terms of thinking of how I can look at stories through different perspectives. And so when I looked into this world of themed entertainment, it just, that was it for me. A whole door opened and it was a whole new world that I stepped into and never looked back ever since.
With immersive experiences becoming more and more popular, it's important to ask: what makes an experience not just entertaining, but transformative? Margaret Kerrison, former Disney Imagineer and multi-award winning writer for immersive experiences, shares her answer to that question and more from her new book, Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds: A Writer’s Guide.
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With special thanks to Margaret Kerrison, Bonnie Eldon, Meghal Janardan, Sarah Vitak, Elisabeth March, Michael Bass, and Megan Worman.