Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks
The Title and Overview 1
A course by Isabel Thomas , Science Writer and Children's Book Author
Joined April 2021
Joined April 2021
About the video: The Title and Overview 1
Overview
“At last, it’s time to write the title and overview. I think they're the most important parts of my pitch. That’s why I write them last, when I’ve defined exactly what is unique and important about my idea. I'll start here with the overview. This will allow me to show you how I already switch style and begin to write in the "voice" I’ll be using in the final book.”
In this video lesson Isabel Thomas addresses the topic: The Title and Overview 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks. Learn how to form a captivating idea for a picturebook and develop it into a professional book proposal that engages publishers.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Title and Overview At last, it's time to write the very first part of our pitch: the title and the overview. A title is often the very first thing that sells a book, not only to the potential reader, but also, to the publisher at this very early stage. As you can see here, I've got my book "One Million Insects" with Lou Baker Smith who's the illustrator. As well as Lou's beautiful artwork, that title, "One Million Insects," stands out and leaps from the page. It immediately tells you what will be in the book, but in an intriguing way. If I flip over, we see the second thing that your ...”
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Course summary for: Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Picturebook, Storyboard, Storytelling, Writing
Isabel Thomas
A course by Isabel Thomas
Isabel Thomas is an award-winning science writer and children's book author based near Cambridge, UK. She studied engineering science, then human sciences at the University of Oxford, during which time she worked at the student newspaper and fell in love with journalism. After graduating, Isabel worked as a then-trainee editor at a local publishing house where she began writing short books for beginner readers and working on her passion for writing in her spare time.
Isabel has since published more than 180 books in over 30 languages. Her critically-acclaimed book Moth: An Evolution Story won the AAAS Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books 2020 and was named a book of the summer by the Financial Times. She has also been shortlisted for other prizes including the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize. As well as this Isabel writes features for children’s science magazines, creates non-fiction resources for organizations such as the BBC, and speaks at festivals, schools, and other events.
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