Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks
The Proposal 2
A course by Isabel Thomas , Science Writer and Children's Book Author
Joined April 2021
Joined April 2021
About the video: The Proposal 2
Overview
“Other elements to consider carefully when writing up your proposal are your audience and the books already existing in the market that might compete with yours. Finally, you will have to say something about yourself: what is your background and why do you think you're the best person to write this book?”
In this video lesson Isabel Thomas addresses the topic: The Proposal 2, 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 Proposal Another important part of your proposal is a short paragraph on the audience that you intend for this book. As it's a picture book, that suggests a fairly young audience; a child that might be sharing it with a parent, or a teacher sharing the book with a class of children, but you can still go into details about who this audience is and why they'd want to find your book. Also, if you can, any information that comes to mind about where they might discover your book. If you work for a museum or you have links to a place that might sell your book or a following on social media ...”
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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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