Should You Include Illustration Notes in Your Picture Book?
Sorry for the absence on Monday! I was in Chicago with my new MacBook Air and they didn’t have wifi at the hotel (what the French?!), only an ethernet connection. The problem is…the MacBook Air has no...
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Describing What the Mind is Doing
As you know if you’ve read the blog for a little while, my favorite musician is Ben Folds. His band’s most recent album was called The Sound of the Life of the Mind. Not only is the title track my cell...
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Formatting Interiority
Based on last week’s interiority post, I got a great question in the comments from Kyle: Mary, I love your thoughts on developing interiority both on your blog and in your book. I have a formatting...
View ArticleHow to Write Thoughts in Fiction and Formatting Thoughts
If you want to go deeply into your character’s experience, or interiority, you will want to write their thoughts. And how to write thoughts in fiction includes formatting thoughts correctly. Here are...
View ArticleDialogue Tips and Dialogue Formatting
Two quick-and-dirty nuts-and-bolts dialogue tips for dialogue formatting. But dialogue in fiction has many rules to follow. Writers are always curious about formatting dialogue, or how to write it...
View ArticlePicture Book Format and How to Format Your Manuscript
Picture book manuscript format flummoxes a lot of aspiring children’s book writers because there is so much potential variety. In my career, I have seen hundreds of examples of picture book format. To...
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