Week of February 3, 2013—Thinking About
Characters
Quote
of the week:
Plot
is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by
on their way to incredible destinations.
Next
weekend I’ll be spending a day with six Florida picture book authors and
illustrators. We are having a Picture Book Pow-Wow—a day of creativity and fun.
My friends, Linda Shute and Diane Ochiltree, and I dreamed up the idea last
fall. The meeting gained more purpose and momentum when Linda wrote to the
group, “What is influencing . . . me [is the] RAGE for character dominated
books. Do you remember CONCEPT books? Although I see some in the marketplace,
right now the cult of character, like of celebrity, is upon us. I, for one,
have not paid enough attention to character development.”
The activity I’ve developed to share at the Pow-Wow is entitled “Developing
Characters from the Sole Up and the Soul Out.” I’m not going to share my entire
activity with you this week (you’ll need to invite me to your regional SCBWI
meeting for that—lol!), but I am going to share one or two questions each day
to help you reflect on a picture book character you are developing and help
give that character some soul!
3 comments:
Love it! Sounds great!
Sounds fun! I invite you to the SCBWI-Carolinas (in Charlotte, NC end of each September). Just submit a proposal. Maybe we can have you in 2014?
Christie, I would love that--and I love Charlotte. Are you the "taker" of proposals, or can you introduce me to the person who is? You know me, I already have the proposal typed and ready to send! THANKS! RS
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