I met so many nice people at the NESCBWI conference this weekend, and am ready to get down to work (as soon as I catch up on my sleep)! Here are a few notes I took at the conference that struck me as being applicable to both storytelling and life:
-Part of growing up is aligning desire with actions...kids often say and do things that are the opposite of what they want (I'm pretty sure I still do this on a relatively regular basis!)
-Think: Does this FEED me or does it COST me?
-Instead of "what does my character want": "what does my character care about?"
-Write to your strengths, revise to your weakness.
-What would you do if you knew that failure was impossible?
3 comments:
What great takeaways!
Those were some of my favorite lines, too!
Wished I could have been there! :)
Thanks, Ann!
Debbi, it would have been great to see you! There's always next year...
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