Creating Children's Stories
The Skeleton of History
A course by Ilan Brenman , Writer and Best-Selling Author
About the video: The Skeleton of History
Overview
“In this class, I will present a narrative structure for the construction of our daily history. I will give examples of how such a structure is present in classic and contemporary stories and I will share with you what my theme will be for the final Project.”
In this video lesson Ilan Brenman addresses the topic: The Skeleton of History, 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
“The Skeleton of the Story In this lesson, we'll start to develop our final project. First, we need to pick a theme for our story. The other day, I caught a story, a story from everyday life. Speaking of fishing, there's a fisherman here. He looks a bit like me, he has a beard, wears glasses. What did I catch? I was with another family, and in this family, a boy started to talk a different language. It really happened. He made up his own language. I know the family, the kids, a boy and a girl. The boy knew how to speak, but he made up his own language. His sister couldn't understand, he talk...”
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Course summary for: Creating Children's Stories
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Category
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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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