Introduction to Writing a Children’s Fantasy Novel
Finding the Idea
A course by Piers Torday , Children's Author and Playwright
About the video: Finding the Idea
Overview
“Ideas for stories come in many forms. A character that pops into your head who demands their story be told, a compelling title with an irresistible proposition, a subject you are passionate about..but they can also be elusive! Here’s how to have ideas and shape them into a workable inspiration for a book.”
In this video lesson Piers Torday addresses the topic: Finding the Idea, 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
“Finding the Idea We've looked at where ideas come from and how to find ideas both in your own childhood experience and the world around you, but how do you develop one idea into a story for a book? That's what we'll look at in this lesson. "The Hobbit" began as a bedtime story that J. R. R. Tolkien told his children. It began as a single line. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." J. K. Rowling came up with the character for "Harry Potter" while stuck and bored on a delayed train. B. B. Alston wrote the bestselling "Amari and the Night Brothers" after watching "Men in Black" and w...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Writing a Children’s Fantasy Novel
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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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