Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
Decalogue of yes and no if you want to write books for children
A course by Natalia Méndez , Editor and teacher
About the video: Decalogue of yes and no if you want to write books for children
Overview
“There are some tips to think about why we want to write or create projects for children, how to approach publishers and how to know a little more to be able to choose books when reading.”
In this video lesson Natalia Méndez addresses the topic: Decalogue of yes and no if you want to write books for children, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books. Learn the basic components of a story to create tales for children.
Partial transcription of the video
“Let's pay some attention now in the things we read, let's see what we can learn, of what is and what not to do at the hour of writing. Some things we are going to avoid just because they are so close or because they are already very used. It is not necessarily that they are wrong nor is it that we can know it that way, out of context. But there are some details that, sometimes, attention should be paid to avoid first of all. Always read a lot and write a lot to find the voice itself. Let's see some things that we already know yes or yes should avoid. One is to avoid the very repeated names ...”
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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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