Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
The basics of a story: world, characters and structure
A course by Natalia Méndez, Editor and teacher
About the video: The basics of a story: world, characters and structure
Overview
“The character, the world he inhabits and what happens to him are the basic elements of a story. In this lesson we will see how to identify and raise them when creating our story.”
In this video lesson Natalia Méndez addresses the topic: The basics of a story: world, characters and structure, 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
“Now we have our dice ready and we're going to start working on our story. We have one die that will give us character. one die that will give us an element. and one die that will give us a setting or place. The important thing for a story or the first thing we always have to think about Who will be the character around whom events revolve? Perhaps we'll encounter a narrative wherein it seems as though not much occurs at all. Nevertheless. beneath this surface of minimal occurrences lies a deeper one rich with emotional depth and reflective insights. Yet. when we consider storytelling. we en...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
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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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