Creative Storytelling with AI
Jun 2026
Lead Facilitator
A workshop for high-school students focused on storytelling with creative and generative technology.
This was the second day of a two-part creative writing and storytelling workshop for students of Grades IX–XII at Jaspal Kaur Public School, New Delhi. Organised by Kaivalya Plays Foundation in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland in India, the programme formed part of the wider James Joyce in India / Bloomsday initiative.
Following Day 1, where students explored James Joyce’s Dubliners and developed personal narratives through stream-of-consciousness writing and theatre-based exercises, Day 2 introduced AI as a creative tool for expanding and reinterpreting those stories.
The workshop began with a discussion of authorship, bias and originality, asking students to consider what happens to a story when technology becomes part of the creative process. Rather than positioning AI as a replacement for the writer, the session explored how it could augment an existing creative idea while keeping the student's own voice and intention at the centre.
Students then experimented with freely accessible AI and digital tools to transform their written narratives into visual, audio and video formats. The emphasis was not simply on learning new tools, but on making deliberate creative choices: what should be changed, what should remain, and how does a new medium alter the way a story is experienced?
The workshop concluded with reflection on the creative process and the ethical questions that emerged through it. Students were subsequently given a week to develop their work further, with submissions consisting of a short written story alongside an AI-assisted creative output. The final works were reviewed jointly by Kaivalya Plays and Jaspal Kaur Public School, with shortlisted works shared with the Embassy of Ireland and three works recognised in association with Bloomsday.
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I designed and facilitated Day 2 of the workshop, introducing students to AI-assisted storytelling through a combination of discussion, demonstration, experimentation and reflection. The session connected creative technology with questions of authorship and artistic agency, encouraging students to use AI intentionally rather than treating it as an automatic content-generation tool.
Workshop Overview
AI & Authorship: Who owns a story when AI becomes part of the creative process?
Bias & Originality: Thinking critically about the limitations and biases embedded in AI systems.
AI as a Creative Tool: Exploring how technology can extend an existing creative idea rather than replace the artist.
Multimedia Storytelling: Transforming written narratives into video, audio and visual formats.
Creative Choice: Examining how the choice of medium, tool and AI intervention changes a story.
Reflection: Evaluating both the creative possibilities and ethical questions raised through experimentation.
Learning Outcomes
Students developed an understanding of key ethical questions surrounding AI-assisted creativity, including authorship, bias and originality. They experimented with digital tools to translate their personal narratives across different media and learned to make conscious creative decisions about where and how AI enters their work.
The workshop also encouraged students to see themselves not simply as users of technology, but as storytellers who remain responsible for the ideas, choices and perspectives within their work. These objectives formed part of the wider programme's aim to connect literary thinking, creative writing, digital literacy and global cultural awareness.
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