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didn t care about my little bumbling bee from the start i was also having a lot of trouble coming up with a visual identity for her main rival worse this seemed to be the main character s only story i know you re not supposed to think in terms of sequels but i had a character i liked who was totally boxed in by a dead end plot the fix the miss marple trick agatha christie s famous sleuth solves mysteries by observing behavior she can relate to that of inhabitants of her tiny village one day while trying for the umpteenth time to come up with a sketch for my main character s nemesis i suddenly thought of two girls i had known in high school one was better at everything that ensures popularity in that environment the other was not so much an underdog as simply and thoroughly eclipsed by her friend eureka once i understood the dynamics the story became more about the relationship than saving the day and future story possibilities opened up the lesson draw on real people you ve known to flesh out tropes like the class clown or the homecoming queen read vintage british murder mysteries a thicket of details for this story i did oodles of research to make sure the setting was authentic accumulating notes upon notes about jungle habitats i had a hook and a decent text and even some quirky character traits for the main character but the obsession with the setting and the research had used up the energy that should have gone to showcasing the characters my quirky crocodile didn t have enough to do and came off as merely part of the scenery the fix pure serendipity in organizing a list of portfolio pieces by project this one happened to be followed by a wordless story that had its own problems how about a mashup what if the protagonist in the wordless story showed up in the jungle bingo the crocodile leapt at the chance to reveal himself as a method actor uncovering motivations i had not been aware of the text hasn t changed but now there s a much richer subtext playing out in the illustrations and the secondary characters have gotten into the act as well the lesson energize your characters with something totally unexpected have more than one idea in your portfolio if your stories lack heart due to characters that are hidden in plain sight boxed in by the plot or smothered by the scenery check out the download for exercises that will help you find the right treatment meanwhile the stories above are all off life support and should be up and around soon stay tuned bonnie adamson is the illustrator of bedtime monster and the i wish series of picture books for raven tree press as well as rutabaga boo written by the lovely and talented sudipta bardhan quallen and due in spring 2017 from atheneum visit bonnie at www bonnieadamson com if you are registered for kidlit summer school you can download a worksheet of bonnie s writing exercise at our exercise book this is a password protected area only members allowed please check your email for the password giveaway bonnie is kindly giving away a kidlit summer school tote bag featuring her fabulous design for a chance to win please leave a comment below don t miss your chance to get perfect attendance leave a comment on this post within the first 24 hours moderators have to approve first time commenters so your comment may not show up immediately share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 160 comments posted in children s authors heart and humor uncategorized tagged bonnie adamson kidlit summer school writing for children writing tips listening to your characters by mimicross and giveaway aug 4 by the nerdy chicks she s gonna listen to her heart it s gonna tell her what to do tom petty and it s going to tell you the writer what to do listening to your main character s heart is going to tell you what to write but how do you listen to a fictional heart partway through writing shining sea i realized that the voice of my main character 17 year old budding singer songwriter arion rush was becoming harder to hear her heartbeat was growing faint soon i began to understand it was because i didn t know her heart whenever there was a musical moment in the story arion explored her feelings through songwriting and her lyrics definitely showed what was in her heart but everywhere else in the novel her feelings her wants her needs were hidden i decided i should speak to her but when i tried to interview arion the first time i didn t get very far excerpt interview 1 me hey arion how are you and where are you arion i m in my room at the lighthouse me cool so you probably know i m having a little trouble figuring out what s up with you arion yeah i know i also know you want me to be nicer than i really am me okaaay how about i ask you a few questions arion sure doesn t mean i ll answer me that s fine let s start with basics what s your favorite color arion red that s the only thing you got right about me me huh well that s something how do you like maine arion i love maine i feel like i belong in the woods there s a certain kind of wildness here it makes me i can t believe you just stopped to fix a typo are you even listening was i even listening most of us take listening for granted we believe we re good listeners and that everyone knows how to listen but many people aren t accustomed to listening on a deep level and that s very often where characters speak to us in preparation for a second interview i practiced specific meditation exercises that encouraged me to listen to my body and focus awareness on my breath and emotional flow the next time i interviewed arion i was much more prepared to listen i heard about arion s relationship with her mother and learned it was a source of pain i found out arion experienced anxiety due to her sister s accident but also that her sister had treated arion badly in the past as a result arion had closed her heart off to others including me she worked on her songs alone and at the start of shining sea she hadn t sung for many people but by the end of the book arion is well on her way to becoming a performer and more i m convinced her transformation occurred not only because i started listening on a deeper level but because i d spent some time with my own heart excerpt interview 2 me i d like to talk a little more about your mom arion look at her canvases me um arion look at the brush strokes the colors see all that freedom all that wild self see her letting go of control of normal she s not worried about what people think i m tired of worrying about what people think it wears on me when i m in the woods or when i feel the salt air on my skin me slow down wears on you isn t that kind of an adult thing arion i ve been taking care of myself for a while in case you haven t noticed dad s got his boats mom s got her art and lilah even before the accident lilah was mom s favorite she sees lilah s wildness that s part of it she thinks it s like her own she doesn t get my wildness hey how about a cup of coffee me arion i need caffeine arion rush hello me i m here arion are you me yes i m listening arion i m becoming an artist me stunned i m impressed you know that arion it hurts me floored why arion i m different me every adolescent feels that way every person feels that way arion different like there s something wrong with them me well there is something wrong with you you re not afraid of bo and he s a siren arion that makes him wild i am too inside i m wild in my heart can you write that mimi cross is an author singer and songwriter grammy award winning artist rosanne cash has described cross s writing and singing as fusing delicacy and power heart and gut inspiring evocative and refreshing cross received a bachelor of music from ithaca college and an ma from new york university and is the creator of body of writing a practice combining yoga and writing that boosts creativity her novels before goodbye and shining sea are published by skyscape she resides with her young son in new jersey visit her online at mimicross com if you are registered for kidlit summer school you can download a worksheet of mimi s writing exercise at our exercise book this is a password protected area only members allowed please check your email for the password giveaway mimi is kindly giving away a copy of shining sea the paperback or mp3 audiobook version winner s choice for a chance to win please leave a comment below don t miss your chance to get perfect attendance leave a comment on this post within the first 24 hours moderators have to approve first time commenters so your comment may not show up immediately share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 150 comments posted in uncategorized go big or go home with the funny by jason_kirschner and giveaway aug 3 by the nerdy chicks not too long ago i was talking to a fellow author about a beautifully poetic manuscript that a friend had written i commented that i could never have written something so lyrical she turned to me and said that s not what you do you do funny it was a bit of a revelation i really love and admire those almost songlike 100 word or less manuscripts that are super popular right now but that s not what i do well i do funny and once i leaned in to that it became much easier and more fun to write it should have been obvious i ve worked on late night comedy shows for almost two decades not as a writer but as a designer but that sensibility seeps into your consciousness you tend to look at things a little sideways to find the funny in it so given my skewed view of the world i try to write things that make me laugh and hope that kids will laugh along with me for me it s virtually guaranteed because as my wife will tell you i am essentially an 8 year old boy but i understand that funny isn t easy to that end i ve been working for several months on a prototype of a machine that helps infuse comedy into a manuscript i call it the fun e tron 6950 and it gives you access to my favorite seven satire supplies word choice certain words just sound funny like persnickity i love that word ooh or bumfuzzle why would anyone ever write confuse when they could write bumfuzzle i would always rather write blubber than cry i also like the word squeegee but you never see one in a picture book exaggeration it s not real life it s picture books when your 5 year old character is having a hissy fit more great words and screams have her blow the roof off the joint literally the rules of physics don t apply here don t build a sorta tall sandcastle build a tower that touches the clouds go big or go home understatement you can also go the other way if your character does blow the roof off her house and it crumbles to bits it gets even funnier if the text reads something understated like she might have caused a bit of damage visual gags slapstick obviously both of these will rely heavily on your best friend the illustrator but it all starts in your script it s up to you to set up situations where physical comedy can take place someone somewhere wrote scripts for the three stooges i bet in real life moe was a pussycat and even though the stooges were the ones that executed the comedy a scenario was written down in a script for them to follow likewise an illustrator can execute what you ve initiated for them the same goes for visual gags large guys named tiny for instance gets me every time puns omg do i love puns jokes that play on the fact that different words sound the same are perfect for picture books my son loves them too but he d never admit it publicly once in the market i made a joke about nacho cheese being not your cheese say it fast and he laughed for hours i love that moment when we re reading together and we come across a pun sometimes i can actually see the wheels turning in his head until he gets it and lets out a loud guffaw yet another great word once he understands it he feels like he s in on the joke and that s a great feeling be punny repetition repeating similar scenarios throughout your book is a great way to infuse some humor in comedy there s usually a rule of threes repeating a line or event three times can build a scenario where you can either meet expectations on that third go round or defy expectations which can be hilarious another great use of repetition is the callback where an earlier phrase or event can be used as a punchline later in the book a good callback is the best fart jokes not much of an explanation needed here farts are funny to anyone less than eight years old or anyone with a y chromosome my challenge to you is to take a look at your latest manuscript and see how many of these tools you re using then adjust the dials on the different comedy contraptions available to you depending on the story you re trying to tell use some or all of them if you think you can handle it some of them will require a great illustrator to help execute them but there s no reason you can t provide the setup in your script use them wisely and be funny and the next time you see someone holding cheese that s not theirs you walk right up and tell them that s nacho cheese callback nailed it jason kirschner is a set designer for television with credits that include late night with conan o brien and the late show with david letterman he s also the author and illustrator of mr particular the world s choosiest champion from sterling which you can now find in bookstores everywhere see more of jason s work at jasonkirschner com follow him on twitter by clicking here if you are registered for kidlit summer school you can download a worksheet of jason s writing exercise at our exercise book this is a password protected area only 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