Pitch Writing for Non-fiction Picturebooks

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?

• 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