Day 4 Challenge – 14 Day Picture Book Challenge – Describe the Main Character of Your Picture Book. Step 1: Decide what story that you want to tell. Step 2: Decide who is the star of your story. Step 3: Describe that Character Your assignment today is to fill your mind with as many details…
14-Day Picture Book Challenge Day 3 – Picture Writing and Word Painting – How to Write Descriptively
Day 3 Challenge – 14 Day Picture Book Challenge – Part A: Read Jane Yolen’s description of the setting in her book Owl Moon and after you have reduced the words significantly, rewrite it — without losing the power of the initial words. Part B: Rewrite the Setting of Your Picture Book. In another post,…
14-Day Picture Book Challenge Day 2 – Describe the Setting of Your Picture Book
For the second day of the 14-Day Picture Book Challenge, your assignment is to describe the setting of the picture book that you will be writing. You don’t need to write in beautiful, poetic words yet. You don’t need to consider the voice or the format of your potential picture book. You don’t need to…
14 Day Picture Book Challenge Day 1 – Plan and Write Your First Draft
“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. “Were do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.’ “ When I am writing creatively, I prefer an…
14-Day Picture Book Challenge Day 2 – Write a PB First Draft in A Stream of Consciousness – What is Writing in a Stream of Conciousness?
Write in Stream of Consciousness to Hush Your Self-Editor Something about writing seems to intimidate and/or frighten many people. Writing in a Stream of Consciousness can help get you past that hurdle of fear of writing. What Is Stream of Consciousness Writing? a person’s thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow….
14 Day #PB Challenge – How to Create, Edit, Format, Submit, & Tweet about a Picture Book
Beginning April 3, I Will Host a 14-Day Challenge for Picture Book Writers. I have begun researching and preparing to create another picture book. In fact, I am hoping to create a series of books, and I thought that I’d create a #PBChallenge so that I can encourage other people to join me as I…
Rabbit Sketch – Drawing Done in Procreate
Rabbit – Jacki Kellum Procreate Drawing March 30, 2022 Step 1: I Outlined the Rabbit with Procreate Pencil 6B Step 2: I added some shading with Max’s Brush Sketchy Sarmento Step 3: I washed in some of the darker areas using some watercolor brushes Step 4: I added sketching details with both Pencil 6B and…
Some Great Tutorials for Drawing and Painting in Procreate
Daffodil – Jacki Kellum Sketch in Procreate – March 29, 2022 Off and on, I have been watching Procreate tutorials. Youtube is a great resource for adding to your understanding of how to create in Procreate, but I have also purchased several tutorials along the way. Polly’s Friend in Green – Insprired by Aveline Stokard…
SCBWI Guide – “The Book” – Download Free PDF or Purchase Hardcover – How To Format a Book Manuscript & How to Write A Query Letter
The Essential Guide to Publishing for Children Some of What the SCBWI Guide Covers How to Format Your Manuscript “» All manuscripts must be typed on 8½ ” x 11” white paper in black ink. » Use 12-point Arial or Times New Roman. » Double-space all manuscripts. » Pages should be numbered consecutively. » The…
Let’s Celebrate the Women Who Paved the Way for Us in the Creating of Picture Books
March Is Women’s History Month And I want to dedicate my celebration of Women’s History to the women who paved the way for those of us other women who are currently working in the field of picture-book creation. Little Miss Muffet – An Illustration by Kate Greenaway During the 19th Century, illustration was primarily a…