Introduction to Writing a Children’s Fantasy Novel
To Plan or Not to Plan 1
A course by Piers Torday , Children's Author and Playwright
About the video: To Plan or Not to Plan 1
Overview
“Whether you plan your book in minute detail or outline in broad brush strokes, it is useful to know where your story is headed before you begin writing. In this lesson, we’ll look at different ways to structure a story.”
In this video lesson Piers Torday addresses the topic: To Plan or Not to Plan 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Writing a Children’s Fantasy Novel . Write your first children’s novel by developing a synopsis for your story and building a fictional world with compelling characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“To Plan or Not to Plan In this lesson, we're going to begin our final project by starting to plan our story. Sometimes, a story may arrive fully formed in your head, with a beginning, middle and end. You know exactly what your account is going to do and where they'll take the reader. That's wonderful, but more often than not, it won't happen like that. C. S. Lewis said the "Narnia" stories began with a picture. An image of a fawn, an umbrella and a sleigh arrived in his head. Where would that story take him? For me, a story often begins with a series of images, a series of scenes that I hav...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Writing a Children’s Fantasy Novel
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Areas
Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Writing
Piers Torday
A course by Piers Torday
Piers Torday is an author, playwright, and educator from Northumberland, England. As a children’s author, he is dedicated to harnessing the power of imagination through creative writing. The art of writing has always been present in Piers' life: He wrote his first cartoon at age seven, which was about a superhero called Super Sid, and won a competition in a local newspaper. His father, the late Paul Torday, is the author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which was later adapted into a film.
For Piers, writing children’s novels is a way to engage young readers, inspire them to ask big questions, and shape the minds of tomorrow. His most notable work includes The Lost Magician, The Frozen Sea, The Last Wild Trilogy, and There May Be a Castle. Piers also received the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction in 2014. In a review for the trilogy, The Times states that Piers is “the new master of books for children.”
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