Good question! Share it and see if it works--if you don't mind. I am still learning about Substack. If you are unable to share, will you please let me know, and I'll figure out a work-around...?
Hi Alison, I shared it with Alan and he was only able to see the opening line or two, plus an image, as of course he could not sign in. This isn't true of your unlocked content, of course.
What a comprehensive, easy to understand guide to writing pictures books. I was astounded that Where the Wild Things Are is just 10 sentences and under 400 words. And yet it tells a story on so many levels. Also, to your point about emotion, Wild Things brilliantly captures Max's stubborness, his sense of adventure, fear of scary things and, ultimately, the comfort of home. I really hadn't thought about it from that perspective -- though I've read it many, many times and given it as a gift.
It's worth thorough study... even of the images, how they seem to flow from left to write as we read, and carry along yet more. We can learn so much from Sendak!
Picturebook reads have to be dynamic and shift and grow as we read all those hundreds of times.
Many stories hold that form of "some starting place" dissolving to "chaos"... and "back home," though changed.
I'm currently in what I think of as "layer" four of a complicated story/PB. Each full draft sits with months in between, and I keep thinking I'm getting closer. And I am! But oh, the process to understanding the layers is long. It has its own beauty though--something like a hike, with glimpses of incredible views, and finally the summit of clearness.
(Whew, can you tell where I was yesterday? A six hour one, that included a magical grotto halfway up, a hunters' cabin, all boarded up and mysterious... and at the top, that windy silence.
Excellent instruction, Alison. Can I share this with someone or is it locked for subscribers only?
Good question! Share it and see if it works--if you don't mind. I am still learning about Substack. If you are unable to share, will you please let me know, and I'll figure out a work-around...?
Hi Alison, I shared it with Alan and he was only able to see the opening line or two, plus an image, as of course he could not sign in. This isn't true of your unlocked content, of course.
What a comprehensive, easy to understand guide to writing pictures books. I was astounded that Where the Wild Things Are is just 10 sentences and under 400 words. And yet it tells a story on so many levels. Also, to your point about emotion, Wild Things brilliantly captures Max's stubborness, his sense of adventure, fear of scary things and, ultimately, the comfort of home. I really hadn't thought about it from that perspective -- though I've read it many, many times and given it as a gift.
It's worth thorough study... even of the images, how they seem to flow from left to write as we read, and carry along yet more. We can learn so much from Sendak!
Picturebook reads have to be dynamic and shift and grow as we read all those hundreds of times.
Many stories hold that form of "some starting place" dissolving to "chaos"... and "back home," though changed.
I'm currently in what I think of as "layer" four of a complicated story/PB. Each full draft sits with months in between, and I keep thinking I'm getting closer. And I am! But oh, the process to understanding the layers is long. It has its own beauty though--something like a hike, with glimpses of incredible views, and finally the summit of clearness.
(Whew, can you tell where I was yesterday? A six hour one, that included a magical grotto halfway up, a hunters' cabin, all boarded up and mysterious... and at the top, that windy silence.
Process. It's worthwhile.