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PICTURE BOOK FOCUS Raising the Stakes Part 2
In the second of this three-part feature, Natascha Biebow
suggests key ways to raise the INTERNAL stakes in your picture book to make readers (and editors) really care!
https://t.co/YDErEkPsLO
YA KNOWHOW Satisfying endings
How do you like your endings? Neat and tidy? With a little ambiguity? Open-ended?
This week, Tracy Darnton takes a closer look at what makes a great ending in YA.
https://t.co/rPU35QHxBp
WRITING KNOWHOW Finding Your Story
In her final post on settings, @jasinbath takes a closer look at setting as characters and ploting to find your story.
https://t.co/rFcpGhjpFy
DEBUT DIARIES - Lucy Rowland
This month, @tizzief welcomes @LucyRowland_ author of numerous picture books, including Sammy Claus the Christmas Cat, The Knight Who Said No! and Little Red Reading Hood, to join her for Afternoon Tea.
https://t.co/jR6jYbj7h0
PICTURE BOOK FOCUS: Raising the Stakes (Part 1): WHY do picture book story stakes matter?
In this three-part feature, Natascha Biebow suggests key ways to raise the STAKES in your picture book, to make readers (and editors) really care!
https://t.co/eqwia6q1zf
CREATIVE SECRETS - Peter Bunzl
Caroline Deacon invites established writers and illustrators to tell us about their creative space. This month features @peterbunzl a BAFTA award-winning animator, as well as a writer and filmmaker.
https://t.co/wkjBeTEkCs
WRITING KNOWHOW - Setting and Characters
In the third of her new strand on settings, @jasinbath takes a closer look at how setting can help reveal your characters to you.
https://t.co/vZttE2dwyo
DEBUT DIARIES - Kate Wiseman
This month, @tizzief welcomes @KateWiseman author of the Gangster School series to join her for Afternoon Tea.
https://t.co/4NlvuOAsBi
PICTURE BOOK FOCUS - There IS an alternative to RHYME
Natascha Biebow shares tips on giving your picture book
that all-important read-aloud zing!
https://t.co/PdHJIn0N8z
ILLUSTRATION KNOWHOW - Watercolour Brushes
@annadviolet uses a combination of hand-painted and digital techniques. Here she introduces her watercolour brushes, and reveals how they are used to create different textures in the final artwork .
https://t.co/16F5YGCysB