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WRITING ADVICE: Repeating elements can create picture book magic

The magic of picture books is how they tell a complete story in few words. To help that happen, picture book authors often use repeating elements. Repeating elements are words, phrases or sentence structures that occur several times in the story. They provide a strong framework and help the plot …

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Pat Zietlow Miller November 18, 2022 November 7, 2022 craft, Pat Zietlow Miller, structure, writing advice 0

Part 2: Picking and committing to a picture book structure

This is a follow-up to a post I wrote in August about the importance of picking a structure for your picture book and committing to it. It might be helpful to read that post first, if you haven’t. After my last post about why it’s so very important to consciously …

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Pat Zietlow Miller September 24, 2021 September 23, 2021 craft, Pat Zietlow Miller, revision, structure, Writing 27

Carol Hinz talks about picture book pagination

A question that picture book writers often ask is: “Should I paginate my picture book before I send it to an editor or agent?” Today, Carol Hinz, editorial director at Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books at Lerner Publishing Group, shares a post she wrote addressing that very topic. Take it …

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Pat Zietlow Miller February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020 craft, editors, pacing, pagination, picture books, publishing 36
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