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30 Days to a Stronger Picture Book

authors, picture books August 1st, 2008

30 Days to a Stronger Picture Book

This is the Table of Contents for a series of posts on picture books. As the posts are added, I’ll add links.

Picture Book Basics
Picture Books standards: 32 pages
Putting the Picture in Picture Books
Write the First Draft of a Picture Book
The Dual Audience for Picture Books
Did you Write a Picture Book or Something Else?
Check Your Picture Book’s Story Arc
Shakespeare Helps You Write a Better Picture Book
Picture Book Settings
Options for Picture Book Characters
Playing With Words for Picture Books
Page 32
How to Mock Up a Picture Book
5 Ways to Make The Reader Turn the Page
Revise the Picture Book Text

Picture Book Extras
The Biggest Mistake in Submitting a Picture Book
What Kids Think Is Funny
10 Suggestions for Picture Book Titles
12 Picture Book Topics to Avoid
The Illustrator Doesn’t Tell YOU What to Do
Picture Books: Folk Tales or Modern Stories?
How To Write a Rhyming Picture book
How to Write a Picture Book Mystery
How to Write a Picture Book Biography
How to Write an ABC Book
How to Write a Creative Non-Fiction Picture Book
How to Write a Poetry Collection Picture Book
How to Create a Read Aloud Friendly Picture Book
Voice for Picture Books
Messages, Morals and Lessons in Picture Books
Effective Picture Book Subtitles

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3 Comments to “30 Days to a Stronger Picture Book”

  1. Cheryl Rainfield | August 2nd, 2008 at 12:23 am

    Thank you for offering this series–and all the information you share with us in your posts. I love reading about writing technique–when it’s well written and feels right–and yours does. I’ve been enjoying all your posts/articles that I’ve read. An area I don’t feel I know enough about is picture book technique–so I’m really looking forward to this.

  2. tammi | August 14th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Hi, Darcy.

    I’ve got a topic for you: amping up the humor in pbs.

    Thanks for putting this all together. :)

    Tammi

  3. Kara Parlin - Children’s Writer » Blog Archive » Writing Resource: Picture Books | August 23rd, 2008 at 2:59 pm

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