Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books

You will start by getting to know Natalia Méndez, who will share her passion for reading, her professional career in children's literature and her main influences.

You will briefly review the history of children's books from their origin to the present.

You will have an introduction on what are the literary genres, their function to tell a good story and the process of editing a children's book, from the arrival of an original author until the book goes into print.

Natalia will teach you to write a story step by step from the game. You will use ideas as dice generator with different elements on their sides, to advance your story without restrictions.

You will learn the basic elements that are in a story and the different types of narrators to lay the foundations of your project (written or graphic).

You will continue to analyze the different types of narrative structures. Natalia will explain to you in detail the traditional structure, the four-part or no conflict and the chained or list structure, and you will choose one of them to develop your story.

Finally, you will apply some tips to edit your project, choose an editorial to present it and, also, different self-publishing options.