Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks
The Title and Overview 2
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 2
Overview
“The very first thing anyone sees about a book is its title. Let's have a go at it! I'll start by brainstorming a few ideas based on everything I've researched and written previously, then I'll select the option I find best represents both the content of the book and its style.”
In this video lesson Isabel Thomas addresses the topic: The Title and Overview 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 Title and Overview Now, I'll switch to having a go at writing the first thing everyone sees about any book, which is the title. I'll create a section for brainstorming at the top of my document. I'm trying to think of something that'll be attention-grabbing and give a sense of what's in the book, the style of the book, and how it's written. I'll start by noting down some ideas from my notes, from the reading I've done, potential directions I can go in at this stage. I'm not so fast about how good it sounds as a title. I just want to get lots of ideas down on the page. Strange word, is...”
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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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