Live Webinar
Session Date: Thursday, July 24, 2014
Starting Time: 1:00 pm Eastern
Starting Time: 1:00 pm Eastern
Duration: 90 minutes
Price: $89.99
Why great pacing makes a huge difference for editors and agents
How to harness your love and bring out the heart of your story
How to pay attention to prosody, pacing, poetry, and performance to make a difference in your picture book project
How to enhance the interaction between art and words
How to apply the rules (and exceptions) for doing more with your own text
How to incorporate performance and "magic" into your work
Ways to move your story to the top of submission piles
INSTRUCTOR:
Jodell Sadler has authored many articles and tutorials with Writer's Digest on Writing Picture Books: Picture Book Pacing, Editing, and Avoiding Burnout Tutorials before launching her literary agency in 2011: Sadler Children's Literary. Having earned her MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Hamline University in 2009, she hosts a variety of online writing workshops, serves as the BOOK LOOK columnist for the SCBWI-Illinois.org The Prairie Wind newsletter, and is available to speak at conferences and events as a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). For more information on picture books, visit http://www.PictureBookLunch.com, and more information on Sadler Children's Literary, please visit http://www.childrenschildrensliterary.com.
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
Looking to understand picture books? The pacing, the 32-page form, the way art and words interplay, and writing slim is more challenging than many realize. If you are an author or illustrator, this webinar will help you write picture books that stand out. Empower every word, enjoy your editing process, hone in on key tools and strategies that help you do more with less, while making your work more marketable.
See how exceptional word choices, creating repetitive word strings and behaviors enhance the reader experience and bring out the theme and heart of your story. Learn how to move yourself and your story into a performance that readers will love.
Literary Agent, Jodell Sadler, from Sadler Children's Literary shares her tips on preparing your manuscript for publication.
Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program and the materials for one year. You do not have to attend the live event to get a recording of the presentation. In all WD webinars, no question goes unanswered. Attendees have the ability to chat with the instructor during the live event and ask questions. You will receive a copy of the webinar presentation in an e-mail that goes out one week after the live event. The answers to questions not covered in the live presentation will be included in this e-mail as well.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Writers and illustrators who are interested in writing picture books
Writers who want to publish their picture book
Writers who want to learn what they can do during the editing process
Writers who are looking for tips on how increase their books performance
Writers looking for great ways to write to the heart of their story
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