If you have stories that keep getting rejected from publishers or stories that need something more but you’re not sure what, this course will help you identify those missing ingredients. We’ll use examples from books published by Ruqaya’s Bookshelf and show how the concepts we’re teaching were applied to earlier drafts of these stories to make them stronger. This mini-course will give you the tools that you need to go back to stories that you’re stuck on. Once you’re familiar with the craft elements, it’s just a matter of patience and perseverance, and trusting that your story will come together in due time.
#PICTURE PERFECT BOOK HOW TO#
Learning how to write strong and powerful stories is not difficult. The Picture Perfect Facebook group where you can connect with other writers and have the opportunity to form writing groups or critique groups.Writing exercises to practice the techniques you’ve learned and revise your own stories.
Recordings of Zoom sessions to watch again and refresh your learning (available for a limited time). 4 live Zoom sessions where you’ll learn the most important craft elements of a picture book (Dates: TBA). How to write strong beginnings that pique the reader’s interest and write endings that are surprising and satisfying. How to write scenes that transport the reader off the page and into the world of the story How to create strong and memorable characters in your story who readers can connect with and root for How to know if you have a strong story idea, and how to structure your picture book manuscript to build suspense and keep readers’ interest engaged But how do you know what your story needs in order to make it shine?Īsmaa Hussein, Founder of Ruqaya’s Bookshelf, and Hajera Khaja, Editor at Ruqaya’s Bookshelf, bring you: Picture Perfect: Crafting a Successful Picture Book Manuscript Learning to write a great picture book takes time, practice, and lots of revision. It sounds daunting, but it’s not impossible! While it’s written for children, a parent must also love the book enough to buy it for their kids, then see enough value in it to want to read it to them over and over. To complicate things further, the audience for picture books is BOTH children and adults. Every concept must be carved and shaped to leave the greatest impact. Every word must be carefully chosen and age-appropriate. The shorter text of a picture book leaves less room for error. Many people believe that it’s easy to write a book for children: type out a page or two, add a moral at the end, and voila, there’s a picture book!īut as writers, we know that out of all the genres of creative writing, picture books can be the most challenging.
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