My WIP is a draft of a novel that I”m going through and expanding. When I read through the draft it felt like a very long treatment, a long synopsis. Scenes weren’t detailed, emotions were nebulous. As I do this, there are questions that are helping me revise each scene.
Stealing from Life: You Can’t Make this Up I was talking to my friend, LFP, and he told me about a funny thing that happened on the way to work. It started with a retriever. LFP reads electric meters in a rural area, driving a company truck from house to deer camp to trailer to [...]
In Search of Humor: The Classic Running Gag What I’m currently reading: Why am I reading this book? I’m not funny. Ask my kids, I lack any sense of humor. But kids love humor, gags, slapstick, jokes, puns, funny things happening in a story or a novel. I’m near the end of my WIP novel [...]
If you want to write a picture book with humor, you must understand the development of humor in kids. Thanks, Tammi, for asking for something on this topic. If you have requests for a certain topic about picture books, send me an email, or put something in the comments. Writing Funny Picture Books Here are [...]
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