Script Writing for Illustrated Books

Start the course by getting to know a little about Ana Pavez and her journey through various disciplines before finally becoming a children's author and editor. She also talks about some of her main influences and how she combines them in her own work.

Then dive right in by hearing about the defining features of a picture book and an educational book, as well as the process for writing an illustrated book. Your teacher discusses target audiences and how to pinpoint the main idea and develop it through a process of research and documentation that takes into account both the text and the images.

Now it's over to you! Choose a topic that inspires you and use it to write the script for your illustrated book. Next, discover how to build the structure of the book and how to document everything correctly.

Next, Ana teaches you to do a draft of your story using the materials you've gathered, which will later become the scenes for your script. Learn to make a storyboard to help you with the illustration side of things before creating a mock-up of your book along with the definitive version of the text.

Finish up by exploring how to prepare a presentation for your project to send or pitch to publishing houses or enter in competitions. Hear Ana's final tips on the topic of intellectual property rights and some of her reflections on cultural appropriation when it comes to using sources and themes from other societies and cultures.