Jill Marshall
Jill Marshall
author,
workshop facilitator,
manuscript assessor
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Sometimes the guidance
you need is right there

in front of you.

how to write a picture book |

Writing resources

In the course of training and manuscript assessing, Jill has found that she repeats the very same issues and explanations with hundreds of writers.

Aha! she thought eventually. Why not say these things to authors before they've sweated over their idea, fallen out with their neighbour whom they've asked to do the read it/do illustrations/give to their publisher friend, or been rejected by one or more publishers with no idea why ...

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How to Write a Picture Book e-book

This is an information resource in PDF format. It contains heaps of tips that will help you get your picture book underway, or polish it if you’re most of the way there:

  • What a picture book is. And just as importantly, what a picture book is not ...
  • Laying out your book using the standard picture book format
  • Illustration and how to manage it, whether or not you can draw!
  • Writing your story: what language to use including which voice and tense, and a discussion about rhyme.
  • What do you write about? Who do you write about? And how do you pull the whole story together?
  • Submitting picture book manuscripts - presentation guidelines, and a free example of a picture book manuscript.

    NZ$24.95
How to Write a Picture Book
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