Creativity Techniques: Writing for Children
Say the magic words
A course by Luis Téllez Tejeda , Writer, children’s literature teacher, and scriptwriter
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Say the magic words
Overview
“In this lesson I will suggest some questions that you can ask yourself to make decisions about your text and, finally, take a pencil and paper to write those ideas that you have been developing for a long time. ”
In this video lesson Luis Téllez Tejeda addresses the topic: Say the magic words, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creativity Techniques: Writing for Children. Learn to play with words and discover new tools to create engaging texts that captivate the little ones .
Partial transcription of the video
“Say the magic words In this lesson we are going to review some questions that can guide you to make decisions to start writing your final text. Let's first write a version of that text, based on what you answer to these questions. Before saying the magic words or the spell with which the hare will come out of the hat, magicians rehearse, prepare their materials, concentrate and then they are ready for the magic to emerge. You will do the same. Our materials will be the questions you are going to ask yourself and you yourself are going to answer. You already know the answer to those question...”
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Course summary for: Creativity Techniques: Writing for Children
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Narrative, Script, Writing
Luis Téllez Tejeda
A course by Luis Téllez Tejeda
Luis Téllez Tejeda is a writer, children’s literature teacher, and scriptwriter. Over the last 15 years, he has focused on researching, amplifying, and promoting books for children. He has published texts with publishers like Oink, La Cifra, and La Dïéresis, and has written scripts for audiovisual media and shows for children. He has also taught courses and workshops on children’s literature in different institutions and independently.
He enjoys investigating the world in scientific books, exploring dictionaries, and analyzing everyday life to discover what lies beyond what we can see with the naked eye, which awakens his imagination and inspires him to write.
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