Writing Children's Stories for Beginners
The sketch as a starting point
A course by Fanuel Hanán Díaz , Writer, Investigator, and Children's Literature Specialist
Joined November 2019
Joined November 2019
About the video: The sketch as a starting point
Overview
“I ask you to accompany me to develop the sketch of my story! I will show you how to start drawing on that imaginary canvas that is the blank page. Most importantly, this is the time to shape what's in your head, perhaps scattered, fragmented, or messy. One of the most demanding exercises is that of writing, because it requires us to cast a whole set of contents floating in the imagination into a linear mold. Let's get started! ”
In this video lesson Fanuel Hanán Díaz addresses the topic: The sketch as a starting point, 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
“The sketch as a starting point Hello, welcome to this lesson. Here we will see the sketch of my story, the basic skeleton to start writing your short story for children. Ahead. Indeed the sketch is the starting point. It's like a big map where we will land all those ideas that have flitted through our minds. For example, we will write about the topic of which we wish to develop the story, maybe we will put a working title, what characters will intervene in that story, what will the conflicts be, how will they be resolved, the points of tension how we are going to distribute them, what space...”
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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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