Children's Narrative: Create Lively Characters
From memory a tree is born
A course by Idalia Sautto , Writer and Historian
About the video: From memory a tree is born
Overview
“If you look around you you will see that each object within your reach has a story. How are those stories told? In many ways, but one of them is asking yourself about its origin, what came first the pen or the pencil? ”
In this video lesson Idalia Sautto addresses the topic: From memory a tree is born, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children's Narrative: Create Lively Characters . Write a unique story based on the development of a character and their historical context .
Partial transcription of the video
“From memory a tree is born In this lesson we are going to inquire, reflect and think where the characters come from. Above all you have to pay close attention to the objects that surround us, ask ourselves where they come from. Let's think that any object has a history. If you are at your desk and there is a pencil or a pen, think they didn't get there because yes, they have a history. Think about which came first, the pencil or the pen? Many will think that it is the pencil because it is made of wood, but no, the pen was before the pencil. So, inquire into the history you have every object...”
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Course summary for: Children's Narrative: Create Lively Characters
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Narrative, Writing

Idalia Sautto
A course by Idalia Sautto
Idalia Sautto is a writer and historian. Her passion for creating elaborate universes full of wonder has led her to publish several children's books and write articles, essays, and chronicles for a wide variety of audiences.
Her first published book, Checo (2010), emerged from a series of interviews she did with her grandfather; it's her first children's book and her first publication as a historian. With a career devoted to writing and editing books, it was only a matter of time before she decided to launch a personal editorial project. In 2016, she founded her own publishing company Pitzilein Books, which focuses on editing and publishing books from artists, illustrators, and writers who walk the line between literary genres like chronicle and fiction, philosophy and literature, and graphic works and children's literature.
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