Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
Another model of structure: the list or chained structure
A course by Natalia Méndez, Editor and teacher
About the video: Another model of structure: the list or chained structure
Overview
“This model is used by many songs and books for children, but it can also be used for larger and more complex works.”
In this video lesson Natalia Méndez addresses the topic: Another model of structure: the list or chained 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
“Another structural model we are going to learn about is the chained or cumulative one. We will see some variations. but they all respond more or less to the same thing. This structure is formed by a series of elements or a list that can be characters. actions. elements. places that the character goes through. but the key is they are always listed. This series of elements might have a set order. similar to that song we all remember from childhood. where each part builds on the last. Exit. little goat. little goat. where the key was knowing or predicting which animal or object would in removi...”
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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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