What is an ensemble cast? Most narrations (books and movies) have a main character or a Protagonist who develops the plot. What if a narration has more than one main character? For example, FRIENDS. The sitcom FRIENDS has no one main character, but six main characters; each of the […]
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Countless times I read in the craft books and blog posts that story starts when the main character faces the Inciting Event. In response to the Inciting Event, the main characters set a concrete tangible/physical goal and this is the Plot Goal. The sooner the writer tells the reader the Plot Goal, the better. Whether
What is a concept book? A concept book, as the name indicates, introduces a basic idea or a concept to the readers. Some classical subjects are Alphabet Shapes Colors Telling time Numbers & Counting Naming emotions Animals & toys Basic vocabulary (MY 100 FIRST WORDS, …) These types of concept books mostly publish in board
Some calls this text layers or text features I have always thought of back matter as a way to include extra information about the book’s subject. However, backmatter is only one of the options, among many! Reading this blog post was eye-opening. Then, I looked at recent traditionally published picture books and compiled
Purpose of dialogue Types of dialogue Dialogue only picture books Dialogue Tags (Said or not said!) Dialogue Punctuation
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Show; don’t tell is the piece of advice writers and authors, at any stage of their career may give or get. This advice is correct up to a certain level. If a book shows everything, the number of details bores the reader. On the other hand, if a
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The Tale of the Tiger Slippers (2019) by Jan Brett Riding a Donkey Backwards: Wise and Foolish Tales of Mulla Nasruddin (2019) by Sean Taylor (Author), Khayaal Theatre Company (Author), Shirin Adl (Illustrator)
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In the first blog post of this series, I looked at the definition of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and its five components according to CASEL 5. So far, two components are discussed: Self-awareness link Self-management link Social awareness link Relationship skills link This blog post is about the last blog post on the SEL series and it discusses the last
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Has it happened to you that you read about a person or an event and it blew your mind away? You decide that is the perfect subject for a picture book biography. However, while writing, you face a big problem. The material is not enough to write a biography
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In the previous blog post, I discussed the time frame and the possibilities we have. This blog post is about another decision we have to make: the Narrator and accordingly the Point Of View (POV). Previously, I have published two blog posts about Point Of View (POV) in picture
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