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Shakespeare Helps You Write a Better Picture Book

This entry is part 9 of 31 in the series 30 DAYS TO A STRONGER PICTURE BOOK

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When you’re thinking about writing a picture book, the structure if important. With about fourteen double-page spreads, it’s time to turn to Shakespeare for some help.

Sonnets and Picture Books

I think you can compare picture book structure to the structure of poetry. For example, sonnets have 14 lines, picture books can have 14 double-page spreads. So, taking a sonnet as an example of structure, you can imitate one of these sonnet structures. . .

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2 comments for “Shakespeare Helps You Write a Better Picture Book”

  1. This is such an excellent suggestions – I’ve never that of it in these terms. Thank You!

    Posted by Catherine | September 28, 2008, 5:28 pm
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