Writing Children's Stories for Beginners
Characters
A course by Fanuel Hanán Díaz , Writer, Investigator, and Children's Literature Specialist
Joined November 2019
Joined November 2019
About the video: Characters
Overview
“The characters are essential for a story to exist, they are in charge of carrying out the actions, moving through the scenarios and above all, generating identification with the reader. In the short story, you should make the characters act, think and speak, so that they themselves show their personality and encourage the reader to continue discovering the course of events. It is not enough to choose a name, you have to get into the skin of that character. How can you act when you make a decision? How can you resolve a situation? How do you express yourself when you speak? ”
In this video lesson Fanuel Hanán Díaz addresses the topic: Characters, 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
“Characters In this lesson we will look at character creation. Without action there is no story and without characters there is no action, that is why they are fundamental. In children's literature there are many characters, in a fan of reality and fantasy. There are boys and girls of flesh and blood, that are part of fiction, but there are also extraordinary characters. Sometimes mechanisms such as humanization are used and inanimate objects are given values and feelings that we also have human beings. There are also many characters from traditional tales that are part of children's literat...”
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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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