Picture books are a marriage of two totally different story telling styles. The writer tells a story in words––either prose or verse. The illustrator tells his or her own story in pictures. And the two story styles together bring something deeper and richer than either could do alone. Even though the author and illustrator usually don’t interact, the story is truly something created by both. The book at the end isn’t the author’s book or the illustrator’s book; it belongs to them both.
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This week’s links and bonus links:
-Picture Book Summit 2016: The first online picture book conference.
“My pores are oozing with information and inspiration. Many thanks for all the work that went into bringing us such a wonderful conference.” ––Merry Haugen Bradshaw
-Check out the show notes for Episode 004 which includes a link to the Twitter Picture Book Pitch Fest where you can…wait for it…pitch to agents on Twitter!
-Writing for Young Children Cheat Sheet This week’s listener question is asked by Keri: “How do you get important messages across in a book for children without sounding too preachy?”
Download the show notes at writingforchildren.com/005
Reminders:
CONTEST: We have our ongoing writing for children contest right now with $1,300 in cash prizes. Check it out!
GIVEAWAY: To celebrate the launch of the show we’re having a random drawing for two $918 writers bundles!
QUESTIONS: Don’t forget to leave your questions: The faculty of the Institute of Children’s Literature answers the podcast questions. You can leave your question HERE at speakpipe.com/WFC.