by Denise Vega | October 4, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
Last weekend I had the pleasure and honor of presenting at our 2013 Fall Letters & Lines Conference. The session I gave was called “What’s Your Picture Book About? Developing Effective Story Summaries.” One of the most wonderful things about...
by Denise Vega | August 2, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
I completely forgot to do my Writer’s Studio for July, so I wanted to make sure we had one for August! One of the most frequent comments writers see when an editor takes a pass on a picture book manuscript is something along the lines of “It’s not...
by Denise Vega | June 7, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
When I was on faculty at the Big Sur in the Rockies Workshop in May, I happened to mention that I started using Scrivener to write my latest novel and how much it has helped keep me organized. One of the writer’s asked if I used it for writing picture books and...
by Denise Vega | March 1, 2013 | Novels, Writer Tips & Tools
Last Friday at my Wild Writers critique meeting, someone commented on how she was chomping at the bit to start a new novel, and a few people echoed her excitement about the joys of the first draft, free and unfettered. For them anyway. I’m still not completely...
by Denise Vega | January 4, 2013 | Novels, Writer Tips & Tools
You’ve probably heard about creating a scene that is basically a mini-story with a beginning, middle and end and that shows some kind of change in the character or new knowledge. I heard this after my books were already published, but am working hard to include...
