Writing Children's Stories for Beginners
Games to spark your imagination
A course by Fanuel Hanán Díaz , Writer, Investigator, and Children's Literature Specialist
Joined November 2019
About the video: Games to spark your imagination
Overview
“You will have the opportunity to review some techniques that as a game will allow you to develop creative ideas to put together a story. Although many times the inspiration comes from events or situations that happen around us, at other times you can stimulate those sparks in a fun way, perhaps as a way to put randomness in your favor.”
In this video lesson Fanuel Hanán Díaz addresses the topic: Games to spark your imagination, 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
“Games to spark your imagination We come to one of the funniest lessons of this course. It's called "Games to trigger creativity." This lesson has to do with inspiration. We have already talked about inspiration, which comes from many sources. Sometimes from an event that happens to us, sometimes from something we see, sometimes from something we hear or from a memory. But imagination, creativity can also be induced. And the game is perhaps one of the most fertile tools and more provocative to make stories come to life. During this lesson we will look at four strategies that are linked to th...”
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Course summary for: Writing Children's Stories for Beginners
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Category
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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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