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    PICTURE-PERFECT

    Oct 01, 2020 5 minutes

    Congratulations! You’ve finished a picture book, now you want to polish it and sparkle it before sending it off into the wide world. Whether you are thinking of submitting to the Writing Magazine Picture Book Prize this month, or you are hoping to hook an agent or publisher, these Top 10 Ten Tips will help you get your manuscript into tiptop condition.

    1 Can we see what the spread or page will look like?

    Have your words clearly created images on the page? Can we imagine the colour, the tone, the action, the fun, the expressions, the backdrop? Dropping in occasional adjectives can make a huge difference to how a story is visualized in the early stages.

    Occasionally you may need to use illustration notes to explain what is going on, but keep these to

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