How to Write the Modern Picture Book
Don’t Be Left Behind: Learn the New Rules of a Rapidly Changing Marketplace
with Laura Backes
An exclusive WriteForKids Session™
Who It’s For: Picture Book writers who want create books that are contemporary and saleable in today’s market.
What It Does: You’ll get an in-depth look at the six elements that define the modern picture book, and how to incorporate them into your next manuscript.
What You Get: Lifetime Access to the Full Workshop + PDF Handout.
Picture Book Writers: Don’t Get Left Behind!
The picture books that were read to us when we were young – and the picture books we may have read to our own children years ago – will always hold special places in our hearts.
But if the picture books you’re writing now are following the same structure and conventions of those beloved books of the past, we have some bad news:
You’re Not Going to Get Published.
Picture books are an exceptionally dynamic medium, with each generation bringing forth new writing styles and structural changes that continually reinvent the category.
It’s time to learn the new way to write picture books.
Join Laura Backes for an exciting look at what constitutes the Modern Picture Book – and how you can start writing contemporary, dynamic manuscripts that get published.
See what Laura’s students have to say about
Writing the Modern Picture Book
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This was an incredibly thoughtful, thorough, and helpful presentation.
Thank you, thank you!!
KATHLEEN W.
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Laura, you are a master of the craft. You know this work inside and out.
Your talk is rich and professional. I would tell others, that no matter what the topic, they should take the opportunity to hear you speak.
HELENE D.
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This was a well-organized presentation with clear explanations and relevant examples!
I’ll be watching it more than once to absorb the wealth of information.
SUSAN J.
Understanding & Using The Big 6:
Laura’s analysis shows that the big changes in picture book construction involve the way six key elements are employed by today’s top authors.
In this webinar you’ll learn how to incorporate these essential elements into your own work by:
Establishing a “common denominator” that links the reader with the book.
Ensuring that your idea is clear, compact, and original—before you begin writing your first draft.
Infusing your book with momentum that creates irresistible page-turns and brings about change in the reader.
Creating “reader-pleasing” beginnings and endings that resonate on an emotional level.
Adding a layer of “performability” to make the words and pictures come alive in the reader’s imagination.
Understanding the synergy of words and pictures, and leaving space for each to do their part in creating the whole experience for the reader.
…and much more!
These six ingredients are essential, whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction picture books.
In Writing the Modern Picture Book, Laura will help you understand each of these changes and how to start using them in your manuscripts right now.
As an agent, editor and teacher, Laura Backes has become established as one of children’s writing’s most respected experts.
In her three decades of experience, Laura has edited and critiqued thousands of manuscripts, and has authored countless articles, reports, courses and books.
She is the author of Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate To Read (Random House), and Technical Editor for Writing Children’s Books for Dummies (Wiley). Her articles on children’s book writing have appeared in Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market, Writer’s Digest and The Writer magazines, and has been a featured expert on scores of blogs, online events and podcasts.
Laura is the co-creator of the Picture Book Summit online conference. Since 1990, she has been the Publisher and Executive Editor of Children’s Book Insider, the Children’s Writing Monthly.
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This was fabulous! You definitely went into concrete details.
Barbara S.
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Full 2+ hour workshop!
Info-packed PDF Handout
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