The Missing Step to Picture Book Success:

Who It's For: Writers who want to create picture books the way successful professionals do..

What It Does: You'll learn the "missing step" of picture book success - creating a powerful premise.

What You Get: Lifetime Access to the Full Workshop + PDF Handout.

Here's a secret:

YOU'VE BEEN MISSING A CRUCIAL STEP.

Look familiar? Going straight from idea to writing all but assures that you're going to create a manuscript that lacks both emotional resonance and a cohesive narrative flow.

Creating a Rock-Solid Premise is the Missing Step to Success as a Picture Book Writer.

Your favorite picture book authors know this. Now it's your turn to learn this exceptionally important skill.

Join Natascha Biebow, award-winning picture book author & editor, for an exciting workshop that will teach you exactly how to create a rock-solid premise for your next picture book manuscript.

You'll learn the techniques the pros use to create picture books with WOW! - books that are unique, powerful and memorable.

Picture books with a heart. And a soul. And a WOW!

In this info-packed workshop, Natascha will personally guide you through the process of building your premise.

You'll learn how to:

• Brainstorm any idea into a rock-solid premise that will bring your unique voice to the story, making your initial idea stronger and more original.
• Grab the attention of editors & agents by presenting a manuscript with real depth and originality.
• Use your premise to add drama and tension to your plot arc.
• Surprise - and delight - your reader.
• Ensure that the plot is child-centered.
• Add a powerful emotional core to your story.
• Make the story universal and marketable.
• Use your rock-solid premise to craft your book's hook for query letters, pitch parties, editor/agent meetings and more.

Meet your guide, award-winning children's author and editor Natascha Biebow.

Natascha Biebow is the founder of literary consultancy Blue Elephant Storyshaping and Editorial Director of Five Quills Press.

She has 30 years’ experience commissioning and editing award-winning picture books and young fiction for large and small publishers. In 2018, Natascha was awarded an MBE in recognition for her services to children’s writers and illustrators, and the Stephen Mooser SCBWI Member of the Year in 2019. She is the long-standing Regional Advisor of SCBWI British Isles and a member of the SCBWI Advisory Council.

Natascha is the author of The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons, winner of the Irma Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature and NSTA Best STEM book.

As an author herself, she understands just how challenging it is to dream up ideas, revise and finesse your book, pitch and hope to get published, deal with rejection and re-imagine, stay motivated and keep up with the business, fit being creative into your life, and constantly work to become a better writer or illustrator.

Natascha has a BA in Developmental Psychology from Smith College and a Diploma in Montessori Early Childhood Education Pedagogy.

In 2018, Natascha was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) for her services to children’s book writers and illustrators.

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The Missing Step to Picture Book Success: How to Create a Rock-Solid Premise