Where story meets self.
Story World
Young Voices
An expressive writing and storytelling program that builds confidence, emotional literacy and creative voice inside your classroom.
Not just writing.
Becoming.
Story World – Young Voices is a structured expressive writing and storytelling program for students aged 9 to 13, designed to integrate seamlessly into the school timetable.
Rather than correcting first, we create first. Students find their voice, build characters, and discover that what they feel can be put into words and that those words matter.
- Build confidence in their creative voice
- Develop emotional awareness and self-reflection
- Create characters and structured narratives
- Improve writing fluency and descriptive language
- Experience success in a safe, supportive space
- Complete a short story or story opening
Over the course of the program, each student writes and develops their own original short story — with a character they've built, a world they've imagined, and a narrative arc that moves from tension to resolution. Some students weave in poetry and personal reflection along the way. Every student leaves with a finished piece they're proud to call their own.
She really enjoyed it and says it helped in writing down her feelings and that she will do that regularly now.
Mother of Ava, age 11Why it works.
Voice Before Perfection
We begin with emotional expression, not grammar. Students learn that what they have to say matters before worrying about how perfectly they say it.
Character as Safe Distance
Creating fictional characters lets students explore big emotions, fears, and strengths through imagination, safely and without judgment.
Bridges Gaming and Story
We meet students where they are, connecting worldbuilding, fantasy and gaming culture with structured narrative to spark genuine engagement.
Preventative, Not Reactive
Rather than intervening after a struggle, this program builds emotional tools for all students before they need them most.
Neurodivergent Inclusive
Story World meets every learner where they are, building structured skills from there, including creative, neurodivergent and reluctant writers.
Literacy and Wellbeing Together
Both outcomes are strengthened in one program. No need to choose between academic skills and mental health support. Story World delivers both.
The full curriculum.
Entering Story World
What is Story World? Writing without rules or judgement. Expressive journaling, naming thoughts and feelings, grounding practice and optional sharing.
Finding the Inner Voice
Writing emotions as images, colours and weather. Feelings as information. Writing from "inside" through journaling and short creative pieces.
Creating Characters
Characters as mirrors. Wants, fears, strengths. Creating a main character and writing scenes from their point of view.
Building the World
Safe places vs challenging places. Worldbuilding through the senses. Writing setting as emotion and story scenes grounded in place.
Story and Challenge
What does my character want? What stands in their way? Choice and change. Writing challenge safely with clear narrative structure.
Dialogue and Truth
Writing dialogue. Saying difficult things through characters. Conversations, letters and inner voice. Optional reflective writing.
Shaping the Story
What revision really means. Choosing favourite parts. Strengthening beginnings or endings. Preparing work for completion.
Completion and Celebration
Final writing session. Optional sharing circle. Reflection on what writing gave me. Celebration and meaningful closure.
One powerful day.
A voice for life.
A signature wellbeing and creative writing day for girls, Years 7 to 9. Designed to stand alone as a meaningful school experience — or as an introduction to the full Story World program.
By the end of this day, every student will know she has everything she needs to express what she feels, understand who she is, and trust the voice that is already inside her.
Find Your Voice
The day opens with warmth and zero pressure. No right answers, no correcting, no performing. Students are introduced to the idea that feelings belong on the page and that their voice, exactly as it is, is worth hearing.
Activities move from playful to gently personal. Writing without rules. Emotions expressed as images, colours and weather. A short piece about a moment that mattered, written only for themselves.
Build Your Character
Students create an original character, a girl living in a world of their imagination. Through a structured character passport they give her a name, a world, a greatest want, a secret fear, and something she pretends not to care about but really does.
This is where the emotional work deepens, protected by fiction. The character becomes a mirror. Students are writing about someone else while quietly writing about themselves. This is the heart of the Story World method.
Tell Her Story, Find Yours
Students write a short scene for their character. She faces something hard, makes a choice, and moves through it. The writing is guided but free. There is no wrong story.
In the final thirty minutes the day turns inward. A gentle guided reflection connects the character's journey back to the student's own. A final workbook page, What did she show you about you, is theirs to keep.
The day closes with an optional sharing circle and a moment of real celebration. Every student leaves knowing that what she made today matters.
Find the right fit.
Every program includes facilitation, preparation and student Program Companion journals. Venue is provided by the school. We can customise any option to fit your timetable, needs and budget.
4-Week Program
The ideal entry point. Covers expression, character creation and a short story completion. Perfect for schools exploring the program before committing to a full term.
8-Week Core Program
The complete experience. Full expressive writing arc, worldbuilding, dialogue and story shaping. Students leave with a completed piece and genuine pride in their voice.
3-Day Intensive
A condensed but powerful experience. Day 1: Expression and Characters. Day 2: World and Plot. Day 3: Writing, Shaping and Celebration. Two to three hours per day.
How it all works.
Designed to integrate seamlessly into the school timetable with minimal disruption and maximum impact.
Jenna Little
Jenna is an experienced author and certified youth mentor with formal training in wellbeing-informed facilitation. She combines storytelling craft with emotional literacy to create safe environments where young people build confidence in their voice, without pressure or judgment.
Drawing on her background as a writer, Jenna helps students see themselves as the protagonist of their own story and that is where the real transformation begins.
- Published multiple fiction and personal development books
- Certified Youth Mentor
- Certification in life coaching and personal development
- Experience supporting young people through creative expression
- Trauma-aware, child-safe facilitation practice
- Working With Children Check and Child Safe Standards compliant
Real results.
Thank you for providing such a great experience for Ava this morning. She really enjoyed it and says it helped in writing down her feelings and that she will do that regularly now. It has been fantastic for her to feel there is someone else that gets what she is going through with life at this age and showing her some ways to deal with the difficult stuff that comes up.
Jenna is a nurturing, supportive and encouraging mentor. She inspires creativity and self-reflection in fun and enthusiastic ways. The way she draws upon her skills as a writer to help young people think about their own character and journey through life always leaves the students excited and more connected to self, and each other.
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to your school?
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