Now I’m not at all recommending that all you do is read a collection of Grimm’s fairy tales and add a hippopotamus to each story (don’t do that, because it was my idea first). The entire genre of fractured fairy tales is built on the premise that recognizable is always a benefit for marketing, but recognizable AND fresh is money in the bank. There are so many examples of authors who take an old idea and make it into something modern and fresh. Give your main character some faults, some defects-he will be infinitely more interesting.Ģ) Something old into something new. Don’t just come up with fifty cute character traits. The trick to creating a truly charismatic main character is to blend flaws with flair. So if you need to brainstorm only one thing, work on that viable character list. The premise, the setting, the cutesy word play and rhyme-all of these are secondary to character. I truly believe that the most important aspect of a picture book, what drives its popularity the most, is a charismatic main character. But here are some tricks I use to muddle through those times when I have nothing to write about.ġ) Start with character. There is nothing so depressing as trying to come up with something new and fresh to write about-and coming up with nothing. By this I mean it is my job, my primary source of income (therefore, work) but also that it is just plain HARD.
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Has Nothing to Write About We thought those of you participating in this year’s picture book idea month might find it useful. This post was originally published on Novemat Tara Lazar’s blog in honor of PiBoIdMo.
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