Writing Children's Stories for Beginners
How to understand the reader
A course by Fanuel Hanán Díaz , Writer, Investigator, and Children's Literature Specialist
Joined November 2019
About the video: How to understand the reader
Overview
“From my point of view, the most successful authors of children's books are those who manage to understand the reader, who describe situations from their point of view, or who take on issues and concerns that are close to the experiences, desires, and demands of the children. readers, they are usually diverse and sharp.”
In this video lesson Fanuel Hanán Díaz addresses the topic: How to understand the reader, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing Children's Stories for Beginners. Captivate young readers by creating universes, characters, and plots they can connect with.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to understand the reader Hello, I hope you are enjoying this Domestika course. In this lesson we will see a very important content, what is putting yourself in the reader's shoes, take an authentic perspective to create wonderful stories for children. Accompany me. I believe that the most successful books are those in which the authors they manage to put themselves in their shoes, who manage to write from a child's perspective or height, how he lives a certain experience. Many times we write from the adult and that maybe distorts a little the way a child in real life you can see a probl...”
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Course summary for: Writing Children's Stories for Beginners
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Areas
Children's Literature, Creating with Kids, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing

Fanuel Hanán Díaz
A course by Fanuel Hanán Díaz
Fanuel Hanán Díaz graduated with a Batchelor of Arts in Social Communication from the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Venezuela and headed up the Department of Selection of Children's Books at Venezuela's Banco del Libro in Caracas. He has participated as a judge for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the BolognaRagazzi Award, and the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB). He has been recognized with the National Children's Literature Award (Venezuela), the Tatoulou Award (France), and the Cuatrogatos Foundation Award (USA). Several of his books have also been included in the IBBY Honour List, the White Ravens recommendation list, and the Programa SEP.
Over the last few years, he has gained extensive experience as an editor and university professor, as well as held the director's position at Barataria magazine, which specializes in Latin-American Children's Literature and the development of investigative projects such as Independent Scholar.
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