First write your picturebook. Now, you need to check if the story is really a picture book text. Here’s where the hard work begins!
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Once I have a story in hand that I think might make a picture book, the real work begins. Now, I must evaluate how well the story fits the structure of picture books and how illustratable the story is.
Edit until there are 14-28 text segments.
I usually begin by dividing my story into text segments, somewhere between 14-28;each segment represents what I think should go on a page or a double-spread page. 14 segments will give the illustrator enough text for double-page spreads for the standard 32 pages. 28 will give an illustration on each single page. If you have somewhere in between, it’s OK, because it means there is enough for the illustrator to work with and you can safely leave the page divisions to the illustrator. (NOTE: The divisions and any story dummy I do later is strictly for myself to edit the story and when I send it the manuscript, I don’t include these pages breaks.)
Right away, you may discover that your story has . . .
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