031 - Assessing Your Ideas with Laura Backes

07/26/22 • 11 min

In Part 2 of Where the Ideas Are, PBSummit co-founder Laura Backes shares how to assess if your idea is one worth pursuing including...

Finding out if there's room in the market for your idea
Deciding if your has kid-appeal
Determining if your idea is the right size for a picture book

Catch part 1 of Where the Ideas Are in episode 030 Generating Ideas with Katie Davis.

In Part 2 of Where the Ideas Are, PBSummit co-founder Laura Backes shares how to assess if your idea is one worth pursuing including...

Finding out if there's room in the market for your idea
Deciding if your has kid-appeal
Determining if your idea is the right size for a picture book

Catch part 1 of Where the Ideas Are in episode 030 Generating Ideas with Katie Davis.

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030 - Katie Davis - Generating Ideas

Welcome to our three-part series Where the Ideas Are! We'll finding, assessing, and developing ideas for marketable picture books stories.

While we can’t tell you exactly where to get your next great idea, Katie Davis can give you tips for harvesting the ideas that are cropping up all around you.

Look for parts 2 and 3 in episode 031 with Laura Backes and episode 032 with Emma Walton Hamilton.

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032 - Developing Ideas with Emma Walton Hamilton

In Part 3 of Where the Ideas Are, let's talk about how to develop your picture book ideas into a strong manuscripts.

At the core of every good picture book is a central dramatic question. What is that, anyway? Picture Book Summit co-founder Emma Walton Hamilton discusses the importance and function of the central dramatic question and how to find it.

Be sure to catch Parts 1 and 2 of Where the Ideas Are in podcast episode 031 Generating Ideas with Katie Davis and episode 032 Assessing Ideas with Laura Backes!