Cultivating Humor through words and images. The reason picture books are called “picture” books is because the art is so important.Learn about this juicy technique in Never a Dull Moment. But controlled chaos is something entirely different that often occurs in a cumulative story that keeps building. We've been talking about plot, how you start with a hook that draws the reader in and with a plot-driven book that hook is usually a problem or the great desire that's REALLY important to the main character who is a stand-in for the child reading the story. The power of the page turns. What is the exciting reason/motivation that leads the reader through your story in an almost invisible way but that forms a foundational structure? How do you create cliff hangers and hints at what may or may not happen next to keep your reader hooked whether it's fiction, nonfiction, or a concept book?.What is the core important universal thing that your story is really about? What is the journey that your main character or characters go on and why do we want to go with them? How can you speed up or slow the story down with your art or words to convey more emotion or action? How to control pacing with text and images.We'll also show you some books that create surprise and unspoken in the text. We'll show you how to give your picture book a universal theme, which is usually a concept that applies to all kids using techniques that create unpredictability and catch-your-breath suspense. How to create surprise and drama. Something that's clear and easy and super appealing. What are some challenges you’ve had or embarrassing moments where you've had to overcome something? Learn how to purge and transform those painful or embarrassing childhood memories or experiences into children's book magic with your writing and/or your art! How to get the drama out of your life and onto the page. Think about anything you’re passionate about, anything you’re expert in, or anything you want to learn about - this is what you want to focus on. So here are some of the not-dull aspects of writing and illustrating wonderful and marketable children's books that kids will love, that we'll be teaching you about: In other words, they don't like dull moments unless it's for a story about dullness (of course). Humans, and especially children, like things that are new and shiny that keep them engaged. Because, this was such an awesome event, we're going to continue using it as a scholarship fundraiser. Hi gorgeous creative, as you probably already know, we are always cooking up fun, new, kidlit instructional trainings and this time we're cooking up something extra-juicy and helpful, especially for picture book creators, but there will be helpful instruction in it for whatever level you write or illustrate.
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