Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks
The Pitching Process
A course by Isabel Thomas , Science Writer and Children's Book Author
Joined April 2021
Joined April 2021
About the video: The Pitching Process
Overview
“You've crafted your pitch document and sample text. You are now ready to share your idea with the world! In this lesson, I will share some tips to help you get started with the pitching process.”
In this video lesson Isabel Thomas addresses the topic: The Pitching Process, 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 Pitching Process I've finished crafting my pitch document. I'm ready to start sharing my idea with the world. If you've been following all the lessons and working with me, hopefully, you've also created a pitch document for your original non-fiction picture book idea. In this lesson, I'll share some top tips to get you started on the pitching process. Before I do, I want to emphasise that when pitching book proposals, there are no guarantees. No matter how many published books you have under your belt, rejection is still very much a part of the process. I do have some tips to share wi...”
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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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