II ULUSLARARASI ÇOCUK VE GENÇLİK EDEBİYATI SEMPOZYUMU

Room paved the way for him. We asked him to write about just one piece of the puzzle of Tajik’s
character in every session. And this finally put his mind at rest. Almost simultaneously
with the end of the workshop, Tajik’s character was completed in a way that the writer himself
did not understand exactly when he wrote the start of his story.
Fear of Content, Fear of Form, Fear of Genre:
You fear the fact that when people read your story they say "So what?" You fear people saying
“Who has ever written a story like this? It has no clear beginning no clear end, no time and no
setting ...”
You fear people saying “Your story is of horror genre! You should write fantasy, it must be
realistic...”
And other such fears. In Experience Room, you are free to think, to experience, to rebel or disobey
and even to go mad, but giving orders is banned! No one in Experience Room has the
right to say about a story, “So what? The story should have something to say. It would be better
if you changed it into the horror genre. Never should…”
In Experience Room no one is allowed to lead the others to their own interests and perceptions.
Every author will learn that they themselves can add form, content, structure, setting and new
characters to the fiction world. Perhaps that is the reason why the diversity of style, genre, form,
content, structure and setting is so diverse in the books created in this room.
Among the 24 novels created during three training courses of Experience Room (15 are printed
and 9 under print) there are novels for both age groups, children and adolescents, in all existing
genres, fantasy, realism, magical realism, humor fantasy, horror fantasy , parallel worlds, criminal,
romantic, imaginative epic, mythical realism, naturalistic horror, fictional character, formalism
and classic.
2. Struggling against Stereotypes and Paradigms:
Stereotypes are the most dangerous enemies to the creativity of young writers. Stereotypes have
taken control over our soul, unnoticed by us.
General stereotypes: only write about the things that you know and have experienced! This is
the strangest stereotypical advice to young writers. Had Tolkien experienced the world of The
Lord of the Rings? Or George Lucas who wrote The Star Wars ! Had he experienced the galaxies!
Or even Jules Verne, The Journey to the Moon and Jean Christopher, The World of the
Tripods and The City of Gold and Lead.
Educational Stereotypes:
First session: defining the story and its differences with non-fiction / Second session: what is
the subject, and where can we find it? / Third Session: Design and plot of the story: in this case
the eternal stereotypical example is: “The king died and then the queen died,” is a story. But
“The king died and then the queen died of grief”, is the plot / Fourth session: the viewing cone
and so on ...
Stereotypes about Writing Stories:
- Always think of the end of the story before you start.
- Never start your story with a dialogue.
- In emotional stories, always use the first person’s viewing cone.
- The title of the story should not exceed three words.
- All the characters in your story should be modeled on real characters.
- Never choose a name as the title of the story.
- Always follow the unity of time, unity of place and unity of subject.
- An author never enters his own story.
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