Yesterday, the virtual session series for the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair hosted the Emirati writer and illustrator, Maitha Al Khayat, where she talked about her book "Naqshon", and revealed her sources of inspiration and how she accomplished her writing works as one of the brightest names in the field of children's literature in the Emirates.
The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi is organizing a series of virtual sessions, after postponing the 30th session of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair until next year, due to the health situation in the world.
The tailor began the session, which was broadcast from her home, to talk about how the idea of the story of “Naqshon” was shaped and the characters formed in it. . And on how she wrote the story, she said that she begins her creative process by thinking of six questions that start with the letter "M" in her stories, namely: Who is the main character? What is the problem with this character? When does the story happen? Her place? The mood of the story? Finally, the story begins with an amazing scene. By finding all of these "M" elements, she was able to write her story easily.
As for the drawings, the tailor initially confused with the figures of her story, so she decided to seek help from her young followers on social media, by launching a contest called "Maitha Monsters Competition" for the best drawing of the hero of her story, and received many creative and funny drawings, and the hero of the story was chosen on a drawing The child Zainab Al-Nasser from Saudi Arabia, who came up with the name "Naqshon", who won the admiration of the author and decided that the name should become the title of the story. The session concluded with reading "An engraving" for the viewers, who fell in big trouble after trying to change the water in his pet fish, "Samkoun", and asked for help from his family, who was busy with him until he burst in tears for fear of losing his pet fish forever.