Last week I started teaching the spring course in Childrens Literature for grad students in the MFA in Creative Writing and Literature at Stony Brook Southampton. We spent the first class discussing the many formats of children's lit, and began our picture book study (we'll...
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I’ve been honing my Story Radar, and have found the holiday season to be more abundant than ever with respect to prompting...
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This week I had the joy of interviewing my friend and picture book hero, Peter H. Reynolds, for the Children’s Book Hub....
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As every singer knows, exercises that strengthen and warm up the vocal cords are essential in order to sing well. Painters do...
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Michael Chekhov - nephew of playwright Anton Chekhov - was an esteemed Russian-American actor, director and acting teacher. Among those who studied with...
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One more gift from Peter H. Reynold’s workshop last summer: I.O.P, or “Illusions of Progress.” Now, for some this may have a...
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Here’s another jewel I picked up from Peter H. Reynolds’ workshop last summer: “Story Radar.” This is a term Peter uses for...
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... what would the title be? This was a question Peter H. Reynold posed to his workshop participants during last summer's Southampton Children's...
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In my "Just Write for Kids" course, we spend quite a bit of time exploring different ways to develop plot. We look at...
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We've been talking about editing this month on the Children's Book Hub. Even though I myself am a freelance children's book editor...
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