Exploring Narrative Styles

We decided to list out kinds of narrative styles that we could narrow down to one, weighing pros and cons in the context that we had to design for.

FACT BASED

Design challenge to make facts cool

Easily Reviewable

Parents might find it easier to use as a teaching tool

Considered more of an investment

Might get boring

If it's boring, it's redundant

Why should the supplement also be serious?

Facts can be easily accessed through other media

ACTIVITY BASED

(Observatory, DIY’s , Everyday learning, Kitchen lab etc)

Experiential Learning

Observatory DIY’s

Kids learn better when they have semantic clues

Activities stimulates their minds because reading is minimal

Kids LOVE activites.

Good confidence booster

Increases interaction with peers

Being able to generalise it enough for the audience

Bridging the social gaps

Not everything can be translated into an activity

Introducing this into an established market is a

challenge

CHARACTER BASED STORIES

(Adventures, Storytelling)

Stories stay with you for life

You build a relationship with the character

Teachers can use a character as an example to teach

Indian culture teaches things through folktales and storytelling

Builds a relationship with the book that they will remember later.

Learning might take a backseat to the story

Create a balance between science and fun

Shouldnt accidentally copy an existing character

IMAGINATIVE

(Whimsical, Lyrical, Sense of Humour, Riddles)

Humour appeals to children

Will be read time and again

Kids remember things easier in song

More freedom to express using illustration as a tool

Get to explore the space between imagination and science, which is interesting

Tulika might like their first range of science books to be less hardcore types.

Parents might not want to invest in something whimsical

Might be hard to translate

Thin line between whimsical and abstraction

Difficult to make science whimsical

SO!

Ideal Narrative Style: Poetic/whimsical, but incorporating the best of activities and probably a central character

(key)Points - Translation might be difficult, Rhymes, It needs to relate to the client range.