Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
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A course by Natalia Méndez , Editor and teacher
About the final project for: Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
Narrative techniques for children's books
“And we reach the end! I hope you have enjoyed the course, that it has inspired you and that you have more tools to create your stories. Remember that one thing is the practice of writing and creativity and another thing is to achieve a finished project to take to an editorial or publish. It all adds up! but do not be discouraged if at first it seems more difficult than it is. It is not always easy to contact the editors, if your idea is to find a publisher to publish; And if you lean towards self-managing projects, sometimes it is also difficult to get people to know them. Do not be discouraged. There are many spaces to share projects. But the most important thing is to practice and work to achieve interesting stories to tell. I will love seeing and commenting on everything, as I can. Here I will be encouraging and allowing suggestions and, of course, it is essential that you also look and comment on the projects of other students. It is a good place to find people in the same searches and accompany each other. It is very enriching, in addition, the look of other colleagues, as long as it is respectful and friendly. It was a pleasure for me to share these ideas and my experience. ”
Partial transcription of the video
“Hi. To say goodbye, we do a review of everything we saw so far. First I introduced myself and we talked about the authors who inspire me and the things I like to read and do and I hope that that inspired you to know new authors or to explore some other readings. We got into the world of children's books. We learned a little about its history and also about the edition of books for children. How is the process, how do you work a text to turn it into a book. Then, to get a little already in the plan to write or to create a story, we made a game with dice that allows us to inspire and save us ...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Natalia Méndez
A course by Natalia Méndez
Natalia Méndez has been working as a publisher of books for children and young people since 2002.
It has its own artisan publishing label, called "Dábale arroz", together with Eduardo Abel Giménez and a very small ceramic and mini-book business "A la zorra".
She obtained a scholarship as a researcher from the Internationale Jugendbibliothek in Munich and, in 2012, participated in the Frankfurt Fellowship program at the Frankfurt Book Fair. And in addition, he gives classes in the Publishing and Literature career (UBA), training for writers (Casa de Letras) and training for children's book publishers.
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