044 - Peter H. Reynolds - The World Needs YOUR Voice

02/21/23 • 14 min

Picture Book Summit Podcast

Ah, the age old question: How do you write a compelling picture book?

It may be simpler than you think!

Peter H. Reynolds shares how to harness the answers to these following questions for great story-writing:

1. Where have you been?

2. Where are you now?

3. Where are you going?

4. Where would you like to be going?

Ah, the age old question: How do you write a compelling picture book?

It may be simpler than you think!

Peter H. Reynolds shares how to harness the answers to these following questions for great story-writing:

1. Where have you been?

2. Where are you now?

3. Where are you going?

4. Where would you like to be going?

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Do you have fears that intimidate your writing or illustration? Jon Klassen shares how his fears (and desire to have a job!) inform his creative process and shares how to use your fears to your advantage when developing your own stories. You may just find that those fears are the exact things that make you (and your work) uniquely you.

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045 - Finding Voice in Picture Book Biographies with Lesa Cline-Ransome

A good writer tells a story, a great writer brings the reader into the story.

One of the best ways to render that sense of immersion is capturing the authentic voice of your characters—especially when writing picture book biographies. Award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of Before She was Harriet and many other iconic titles, shares exactly how to do that with her own method of asking questions of yourself and your characters.