Creating Children's Stories
One writer, three roads. Third: Narratives of the everyday
A course by Ilan Brenman , Writer and Best-Selling Author
About the video: One writer, three roads. Third: Narratives of the everyday
Overview
“In this class, you will follow my third and most well-known literary road: "Narratives of the everyday." This moment will be the gateway for you to understand how I became an everyday fisherman and how you will also become my fishing companion.”
In this video lesson Ilan Brenman addresses the topic: One writer, three roads. Third: Narratives of the everyday, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Children's Stories. Delight young readers with stories inspired by their day-to-day life and awaken the writer within you.
Partial transcription of the video
“A Writer, Three Paths. Third: Narratives about Everyday Life In this lesson, I'll tell you about my third literary path, the most well-known, stories about everyday life. From the time my daughters were born, my antenna, that used to be pointing inwards, transformed itself into a fishing rod to catch stories. What's this literary path like? The process starts from real things that occur. I'll tell you the background of some of my most successful books among children, teens and adults. Notice that I didn't create any of these stories from abstract concepts about childhood, but from real situ...”
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Course summary for: Creating Children's Stories
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Creating with Kids, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing

Ilan Brenman
A course by Ilan Brenman
According to writer Ilan Brenman, he is a fisherman of tales, constantly tuned into the shoal of ideas that surrounds him. Author of the best seller Até as princesas soltam pum, he's already sold over three million copies of his children's books, which have been translated into more than 15 languages worldwide.
His first book was published in 1997 and since then he has released over 80 works. He was also a columnist for Crescer magazine and CBN Radio and has given lectures and participated in television programs both in Brazil and abroad.
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