What often happens in early drafts is that you see the pictures, but you haven't written those pictures into your words yet. When you take the time to write down the pictures you see on each page, it helps you edit your book. When you create a storyboard, you can see the words and the pictures all in one place.
For step two of your critique, create a storyboard. |
Use this storyboard template.
1 [half-title]
2/3 [full title]
4/5
6/7
8/9
10/11
12/13
14/15
16/17
18/19
20/21
22/23
24/25
26/27
28/29
30/31
32
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- First, write out the page numbers.
(If you are sending the second half of a longer manuscript, please use the page numbers for that section.)
- Next to each page number, describe the picture you "see" on each page.
- Under each picture description, copy and paste the text you have written for that page.
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Here is an example of a storyboard from my picture book Window Music:
6/7 ART: Girl in train waves goodbye to her grandparents as the train leaves the station
train on the track
clickety clack
8/9 ART: Girl looks out the train window as cars stop at a railroad crossing
behind the sign
cars in line
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To COPY, highlight the text in your manuscript with your cursor,
then press the CONTROL key and the C key. |
To PASTE, place your cursor where you want the text to appear,
then press the CONTROL key and the V key. |
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