Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen It’s still early in Picture Book Idea Month, and hopefully you’re all still overflowing with ideas that you can put down on paper. It does get tougher as the month continues, but bravo to you for taking up the challenge! You’re going to…
Finding the Zing
So today for PiBoIdMo – I was inspired by this post Plot Twists that Zing. You just have to head over to it and have a read of that post and look at the books it talks about. I just loved it! I am looking for story ideas that have a clever twist, an xfactorContinue reading “Finding the Zing”
Seats of the Pants or Planning to make it through the first Act
So I told some writing friends recently about my plotting dilemmas and the fact I don’t want a first draft that is a total mess.I need some navigational instruments and am actively looking for them. Some of them nodded their heads in understanding as if this was a challenge for them too.It is definitely aContinue reading “Seats of the Pants or Planning to make it through the first Act”
PiBoIdMo Day 4: Karen Henry Clark Gets Derailed But Travels On (plus a prize!)
Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
by Karen Henry Clark PiBoIdMo readers arrived today with packed suitcases, believing I had the inspirational ticket for guaranteed passage on the gleaming picture book express. This is not that train. Once upon a time I thought I had the golden ticket, but it turned out…
PiBoIdMo Day 3: Kelly Bingham Makes Time and Makes it Count (plus a prize!)
Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
by Kelly Bingham Hello, everyone! CONGRATULATIONS on tackling PIBOIDMO. You are awesome! Doesn’t it feel amazing to know that some of the ideas you cook up this month may become real, solid books in the hands of real kids someday? Yes, that’s going to happen. It…
June Paisa Perkins 