On Children's Book Writing
MINING It’s time toIt’s time to dig into your brainstorm list using the mining technique to find stories. Now that you’ve gotten all of your story concepts onto the page, you’re going to read over your brainstorming list and look for details. Entire children’s books,
On Children's Book Writing
Brainstorm even if you think you already know what you’re going to write. For years, I walked around with “story ideas” in my head, but they never came out. I find this is true for most writers. We walk around with these funny and adventurous children’s stories in
On Children's Book Writing
Brainstorm even if you think you already know what you’re going to write. For years, IFor years, I walked around with “story ideas” in my head, but they never came out. I find this is true for most writers. We walk around with these funny and adventurous chil- dren’
On Writing
You’ll see the book is divided into Days. I could have easily labeled these ‘steps,’ but odds are you’ve wanted to write a children’s book for a while. I thought labeling the steps this way would a) highlight that one can do this in seven days, and
On Children's Book Writing
When I wrote my first children’s book, it took me around nine months to finish it, which was embarrassing, considering it was a 32-page picture book. I am telling you this because when you finish your first children’s book in roughly seven days, you will likewise feel embarrassed
On Writing
Most of us think we have a great story idea, but what we actually have is a story concept. Let’s say youLet’s say you have a “story idea” about a cat that wants to go to a flea circus (Fernando Learns About Helping). When you sit down to
On Children's Book Writing
After publishing four children’s books and writing 15 or so other children’s stories that have yet to publish, I have finally found a good system that works for me. This is not a technical guide to publishing or story writing. This is a way to take the guesswork