Justin Colónさんのイラストまとめ

. @AimeeSatterlee
wants to know, "When agents think your story is cute, clever, and makes them smile, but want to tighten text to increase the humor what do you look at first to make those smiles turn into laughs especially w/o illustrations?"

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Question 9 for @devpetty @lori_menning asks, "What if your humor doesn't come across to others critiquing your work? Any suggestions to correct/revise?" 

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Our 8th Question for @devpetty

"Do your ideas begin with a character that you create a story for, or with a line of text that you find a character for? #PBChat And, Does character drive humor, or does humor drive character? What is in the driver's seat for your work?" @Wenger13

Question 7 for @devpetty

"What do you do when you've worked lots of humor into your story but much of it is visual/left for the illustrator to explore and you're worried the text itself won't land laughs the same way when read as a text-only document?" Justin Colon

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Question 6 for @devpetty : "How do you test your story to see that it has multiple layers to it, beyond just the humor?" Justin Colon

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Q5 @devpetty
"How much humor is there... in your 1st drafts? Is there a little & more gets added as you revise, or is it pretty much fully there from the get-go? Do you ever... delete something humorous from a ms bc it crosses a line that might offend...? @jchaize1 #PBChat

Question 4 for @devpetty

"Do you write humor in for the parents too? I notice some picture books have jokes that are a little above language expectations for kids?" @juli_writes

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Mary Malhorta asks, "How does an author who is not an illustrator balance leaving room for the illustrator with using art notes to set up visual jokes?" @devpetty
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Our second question of the night for @devpetty comes from @SierraTWilson ...

QUESTION 2: "How do you tap into what kids will actually find funny?"

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Thank you for our first question of the night for @devpetty, @EmilySkeie ! #PBChat

QUESTION 1:
"Is the economy of words directly correlated with achieving humor in picture books? Is it a case of tightening language and allowing the pictures to achieve 'funny'?"