Writing Children's Novels from Start to Finish

Overview

“Waiting for inspiration to find you is like sitting in a park waiting for lightning to strike your head. The best thing you can do is create your own storm.”

In this video lesson Olney Goin addresses the topic: Inspiration versus effort, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing Children's Novels from Start to Finish. Transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and write your first novel for young readers, from the initial idea to the final page.

Partial transcription of the video

“Inspiration versus effort As writers, our purpose is to create stories, whether short, long, dramatic, comic, based on real events or pure fantasy. It does not matter. It only matters to create a story. Our goal will be to create stories, let's call them round, with a start that catches, an intermediate that does not let go and a finish that leaves that aftertaste on the palate who leave things well done. Of vital importance will be to remember our target audience, in this case, the smallest. With this in mind and with enthusiasm I want to share with you our final project. We will make a fa...”

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Course summary for: Writing Children's Novels from Start to Finish

• Level: Beginner
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• 889 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 8m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Children's Literature, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing