We noticed The Beatles&
#39;s Paperback Writer is actually a submissions letter! So we changed the words... Picturebooks are an art in themselves. So are submissions letters. See next tweets for actual tips
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#pbchat #familyband
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> Picturebook writing - some common misconceptions... a thread:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> Yes, you can write one in a couple of hours.
Getting one right might take a couple of weeks, months or even years.
#kidlit1/8
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> Your kids love you, which makes them biased critics. Do test your work on them, but they&
#39;re not ideal references, professionally speaking.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> Are you sure you&
#39;re writing for children? Writing for the child you remember being, makes sense. Writing for the grown-up who misses being a child, might not so much.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Farbpalette" aria-label="Emoji: Farbpalette"> Illustrators are professionals, usually with degrees in illustration, who are paired with authors by publishers. If your neighbour Claire isn&
#39;t any of these, best not trouble her.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> Between 200 and 700 words is a good target. With exceptions, if it&
#39;s over 1000 words then chances are it&
#39;s not really a picturebook text you&
#39;ve written.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> We all love The Gruffalo, but please don&
#39;t write in verse unless you really can. Verse is like a language of its own: unless you&
#39;re fluent in it, best stick to prose, and concentrate on writing captions for the images your story conjures.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> See if you can get your foot in the door with one good story, before pitching the series.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher"> And if you&
#39;re in it for the money, better write some MG instead!
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NB sorry to say we&
#39;re still closed for submissions. And if you&
#39;ve sent us something before, then we promise the song isn&
#39;t about you! We just love The Beatles and couldn&
#39;t resist...
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