SCBWI Oregon: Level Up! with Lynne Marie (10am PDT)

MAKE YOUR STORY STAND UP AND OUT WITH STORY SKELETONS ⭐ In this structure based workshop, we will explore the elements that make a good picture book or other story (and appear in most successful stories) and discuss examples, thereby strengthening the story from head to toe! The workshop includes an actual story skeleton handout to follow when needing a solid story base to flesh out with words. A writing exercise and discussion of attendee examples will be followed by an “Ask the Author/Editor” session. A submission opportunity is attached to this workshop. ⭐ Lynne Marie is the multi-published, award-winning author of picture books, THE STAR OF THE CHRISTMAS PLAY (Beaming Books 2018), MOLDILOCKS AND THE 3 SCARES (Sterling / Scholastic 2019), LET’S EAT! MEALTIME AROUND THE WORLD (Beaming Books 2019), THE THREE LITTLE PIGS AND THE ROCKET PROJECT (Mac and Cheese Press 2022), THE PALACE RAT (Yeehoo Press 2023), and HENNY PENNY’S WEATHER WORRIES (Mac and Cheese Press, 2025) and more, forthcoming. Her recent book, BROOMMATES: A BREWING BOUNDARY BATTLE (The Little Press 2024), is a finalist for the 2025 Anna Dewdney Read Together Award and winner of the 2025 CBC Favorite, as well as a winner in the Holiday Category of the 2024 Northern Lights Book Awards. She’s an Editor at The Little Press, Director of RateYourStory.org, Mentor at ThePictureBookMechanic.com, Creator of March On With Mentor Texts (www.rateyourstory.org/march-on) and Mentor Text Talk, Co-Host of #SeasonsOfKidLit (www.seasonsofkidlit.com) and Columnist at Children’s Book Insider (https://writeforkids.online/). Visit her at www.LiterallyLynneMarie.com. ⭐ This one-hour webinar will take place Saturday, October 11, at 10 am PDT. A recording will be available for 30 days afterwards to registered attendees. Don’t miss it! Registration closes October 8th.