My passion for picture book short stories was started one day when I attended a 1 day children's picture book workshop at the University of Canberra in 2018. Eager to learn the secrets of children story book writing, I soon found myself completely frustrated by what I was being told.
Instead of being told how to write a story that would appeal to childen, I was been advised to focus on how the book was made, how many pages it should be and what colours to use etc.
In essence I, and everyone else in the room was being taught how to build a children's book, not how to create and develop an idea that would appeal to particular audience..
So I decided to start writing my own stories and soon found that this genre shared similar attributes of writing 30 - 60 second commercials. Mainly that:
And then I discovered that my stories naturally started dividing into two distinct categories.
Children's Picture Books- (CPB) Entertaining stories with lessons for children.
Mature Picture Books - (MPB) Stories exploring deeper social issues.
I'm hoping to eventually get my stories published one day. Until then I'll leave them here for people to enjoy....
Enjoy.
Instead of being told how to write a story that would appeal to childen, I was been advised to focus on how the book was made, how many pages it should be and what colours to use etc.
In essence I, and everyone else in the room was being taught how to build a children's book, not how to create and develop an idea that would appeal to particular audience..
So I decided to start writing my own stories and soon found that this genre shared similar attributes of writing 30 - 60 second commercials. Mainly that:
- Each story had to have a natural beginning, middle and an end
- Each story had to be written to a strict deadline
- Each story had to have a purpose
- Each story had to be conversational for both reader and audience
- Each story had to entertain.
And then I discovered that my stories naturally started dividing into two distinct categories.
Children's Picture Books- (CPB) Entertaining stories with lessons for children.
Mature Picture Books - (MPB) Stories exploring deeper social issues.
I'm hoping to eventually get my stories published one day. Until then I'll leave them here for people to enjoy....
Enjoy.