How to Write a Successful Picture Book
Whidbey Island Writers Association (WIWA) is offering an all day picture book workshop led by best-selling author Bonny Becker.
In the workshop, you’ll learn:
– what makes a good picture book idea
–
specific steps to creating a good story, including a beginning that
grabs editors, a middle that makes sense and holds the reader, and a
memorable ending
specific steps to creating a good story, including a beginning that
grabs editors, a middle that makes sense and holds the reader, and a
memorable ending
– how to work with illustrators in mind
– how to submit your work
Then
create your own picture book. Come with a picture book already in mind
or develop an original idea in class. We’ll work on our stories in class
and then you’ll create your own “dummy”—a mockup of your story that
will show you how to work with illustrations and the specific page and
length requirements of picture books (Supplies provided.)
create your own picture book. Come with a picture book already in mind
or develop an original idea in class. We’ll work on our stories in class
and then you’ll create your own “dummy”—a mockup of your story that
will show you how to work with illustrations and the specific page and
length requirements of picture books (Supplies provided.)
Bonny
Becker is the author of the best-selling Mouse and Bear picture books,
including “A Visitor for Bear,” winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud
Award and Amazon’s Picture Book of the Year, “The Christmas Crocodile,”
illustrated by Caldecott winner David Small and others—in all 14 books
for children. As a teacher and freelance editor, she has worked with
hundreds of picture books.
Becker is the author of the best-selling Mouse and Bear picture books,
including “A Visitor for Bear,” winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud
Award and Amazon’s Picture Book of the Year, “The Christmas Crocodile,”
illustrated by Caldecott winner David Small and others—in all 14 books
for children. As a teacher and freelance editor, she has worked with
hundreds of picture books.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
5611 Bayview Road
Langley, WA 98260
Cost: $200; discount $185 for WIWA members
Website: www.nila.edu
360-331-0307; info@nila.edu