Classes

3 Days of Picture Book Fun

Class Description: Act I/II

3 Sessions

We’ll dive into the elements of successful picture book stories and provide you with the necessary tools to make your manuscript rise to the top of the dreaded slush pile.

Specifically, we will focus on:

1. The Importance of Page Turns and How to Put Them into Your Manuscript
2. Out-of-the-box Ways to Write a Picture Book
3. Point of View
4. Word Choice
5. Plot twists, “Jump Into It” Beginnings, and Endings that make you say, “Aww”
6. How to Add Emotion and Humor into Your Story
7. To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme and Why!
8. Plot Structure
9. How to Identify if your story is a magazine article or a picture book manuscript

And more!