by Danielle Sunshine | Aug 7, 2023 | blog: all
Overwriting FollowFollowFollow Perhaps this has happened to you: you’ve just given a friend the latest chapter of your work-in-progress and asked for their honest feedback. “I liked it,” they say. “Only, I…” ”What?” you ask. “What’s wrong?” “Well,” they say, “parts of...
by Danielle Sunshine | Nov 22, 2021 | blog: all
Want YA Readers to Love Your Characters? You’ve Got to Master Close Psychic Distance FollowFollowFollow YA literature is ripe with characters that teenagers identify with: high schoolers struggling with first love, depression, and environmental anxiety, athletes...
by Danielle Sunshine | Mar 26, 2021 | blog: all
Word Banks and Why You Should Have One FollowFollowFollow Writers are creatures of habit. They have their favorite writing chairs, special pens they use to jot down notes, specific times of day they prefer to write. So it’s no surprise when they use the same go-to...
by Danielle Sunshine | Jan 25, 2021 | blog: all
Using Figures of Speech in Picture Book Writing FollowFollowFollow Figures of speech. You knew them well enough to pass that high school English test a million years ago, but have you considered how figures of speech can make the picture books you’re writing even more...
by Danielle Sunshine | Dec 23, 2020 | blog: all
Banish the Creativity Blues FollowFollowFollow Need some tips to jump-start your creativity? Here are six you can begin today: Put a notebook on your nightstand. The minute you wake up in the morning (or right before you go to sleep), reach for a pen and write for...
by Danielle Sunshine | Dec 23, 2020 | blog: all
More Than a Bunch of Bones FollowFollowFollow The basic plot structure goes something like this: a character has a problem. He does everything he can to solve it, but the problem gets worse and worse. After a while, the character reaches a low point. It seems nothing...
