Drawn to Story—Crafting Characters and Cracking Smiles
Saturday, August 22 @5:00 PM ET
Larissa guides participants through the art of using humor as a storytelling superpower in picture book illustration. From cracking character expressions to crafting the perfect visual and text contradictions, you'll learn how strong story moments become comedic gold. A limited number of PORTFOLIO, PB DUMMY, GN ART, CB ART, or BOOK COVERS ART CRITIQUES available at an additional cost.
Embodied Point-of-View—Capturing your Main Character’s Perspective in Narration
Thursday, September 3 @7:00 PM ET
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but an author’s pen can capture something beyond the view of any camera lens: the experience of a moment from inside the body and mind of the person experiencing it. This webinar will explore the critical concepts of point of view and narrative voice, then dive deep into strategies for channeling your main character’s unique, embodied perspective. We’ll examine how to use first person and third-person intimate POVs to bring your character’s story to life in setting, action, and interiority, drawing examples from picture book, middle grade, and young adult mentor texts. You’ll come away from this workshop with concrete tools to help you render your main character’s perspective on the page and transport your readers far past the superficial, deep into your story’s heart. A limited number of PB (manuscript or dummy), MG, YA, & NIV CRITIQUES available at an additional cost.