Creating Children's Stories
Hitting the Target
A course by Ilan Brenman , Writer and Best-Selling Author
About the video: Hitting the Target
Overview
“In this lesson, I will tell one of the most beautiful stories I have ever found about the art of storytelling. In addition, I will talk about how this story can help in your entire creative process and in the writing stage. It is one of my favorite stories and has an important message to finish our course. Follow us!”
In this video lesson Ilan Brenman addresses the topic: Hitting the Target, 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
“Hitting the Target In this lesson, I'll tell you a story. The name? The Target. It's on the book, look. "The Target". This is a story about a Polish teacher who had a skill. He walked around the streets, and people would come to him and ask questions about their love life, financial ones, about health... And he always answered the person with a story. It was impressive, he always told the right story to the person. He always hit his mark. One day, this teacher, he was in a classroom with this students. It was a boy that was 10, almost 11, sitting in the back of the class, he raised his hand...”
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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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