Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook

Overview

“In this lesson, I’ll explain my writing process for narrative nonfiction, how I structure the text and create devices to make it more appealing and fun. ”

In this video lesson Catarina Sobral addresses the topic: Nonfictional Text, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook. Combine storytelling and illustration techniques to craft a captivating children’s book inspired by the real world.

Partial transcription of the video

“Nonfictional Text In this lesson, I'll explain my writing process for narrative nonfiction. For that, I will be using my book "Impossível" as an example and I'll explain how I structure the text and create devices to make it more appealing and fun. Unfortunately, I cannot start writing a book without a good first sentence. Sometimes it's frustrating because I take many hours till I find the right way to start the book. It's my process, it's the only one I can share with you, but from the point I find a good first sentence on, the work is much more fluid. I can write the other pages much mor...”

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Course summary for: Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (88)
• 2587 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (4h 20m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Creative Writing, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Picturebook, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing