Thus begins picturebook author Paula Yoo's third annual National PIcture Book Writing Week, starting tonight -- or, well, tomorrow, May 1st at midnight. Not a complicated project (though not easy either). Quoting Paula from her blog: "In a nutshell – just write 7 picture books in 7 days! " It's not a contest, and you don't have to submit any of your writing. In fact, all you have to do is write, and if you like, visit her blog to get great writing tips from a terrific lineup of accomplished picture book writers. And (I think this is how it works), if you comment on any of their posts, then Paula puts your name into a competition for cool books and other NaPiBoWriWee swag.
http://paulayoo.com/napi/?p=11#more-11
It's a very cool idea -- inspired, I think, by National Novel Writing Month (which happens in November each year: (http://www.nanowrimo.org/) and in which I've participated (but not finished) twice.
I meant to try it last year, and so even though this coming week is
totally crazy, I'm gonna try it again. And this time, for real (tra la).
I'll be spending almost all of my days working on painting a mural, so
maybe those long hours of concentration will allow my subconscious to
cook up some good stuff. Once a day. Seven times.
So we'll see. Gonna jump in and try out the writing chops, if any.
http://paulayoo.com/napi/?p=11#more-11
It's a very cool idea -- inspired, I think, by National Novel Writing Month (which happens in November each year: (http://www.nanowrimo.org/) and in which I've participated (but not finished) twice.
I meant to try it last year, and so even though this coming week is
totally crazy, I'm gonna try it again. And this time, for real (tra la).
I'll be spending almost all of my days working on painting a mural, so
maybe those long hours of concentration will allow my subconscious to
cook up some good stuff. Once a day. Seven times.So we'll see. Gonna jump in and try out the writing chops, if any.
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