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Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks

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Overview

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Learn how to form a captivating idea for a picturebook and develop it into a professional book proposal that engages publishers
  • Introduction
  • Developing Original Ideas
  • Creating a Professional Pitch
  • Writing Sample Text and Sharing Your Pitch
  • Final project
When it comes to writing non-fiction books for children, the choice of topics is endless, and each of them can help young readers learn more about the world. Award-winning science writer and children's book author Isabel Thomas has written over 180 non-fiction titles, published in over 30 languages. The first step in her process? Writing a pitch that captures the attention of publishers.

In this course, she shows you step-by-step how to create an original non-fiction picturebook idea and craft it into a polished pitch. Explore strategies for ideation, storyboarding, writing a sample text, and more. The pitch is the first step on the bridge between your ideas and the moment your book is realized. Ready to write yours?

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Exploring Non-fiction Picture Books 1
  • Exploring Non-fiction Picture Books 2
  • Generating Ideas 1
  • Generating Ideas 2
  • Developing an Idea 1
  • Developing an Idea 2
  • What Is a Pitch?
  • Planning the Physical Book 1
  • Planning the Physical Book 2
  • Researching and Planning Contents 1
  • Researching and Planning Contents 2
  • The Proposal 1
  • The Proposal 2
  • The Title and Overview 1
  • The Title and Overview 2
  • Finding Your Voice
  • Writing Sample Text
  • The Pitching Process
  • Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks

Taught by

Isabel Thomas

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