Highlights Foundation Presents Let Three Celebrated Picture Book Authors Help You Navigate the Ins and Outs of Writing Picture Books!

Learn about crafting your story:

• Scene and structure in picture books
• Creating characters readers care about
• How to tell your story in a way that will compel and connect to your audience
• Revising: If you love the work, it will love you back
• Writing begins with visualizing: a new way to draft a story
• The picture book biography toolbox
• Free writing time to practice what you’re learning

Learn about the business of publishing:

• How to keep “I Think I Can” alive on the path to publication
• Learn to be an advocate for your stories in the marketplace and beyond
• SOS: crafting Stand-Out Submissions
• From submission to school visits, and everything in between
• Booking speaking engagements: Oh, The Places You Will Go

Network and be mentored:

• One-to-one critiques
• Opportunities for multiple perspectivess of faculty feedback
• Q/A with author faculty
• Casual mentor connections at mealtimes
• S’mores! And more! Around the Fireplace