421: From Essays to Picture Books: Applying Tools of the Craft Across Genres and Forms - Interview
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How Do Picture Books Work?
Sot. Mi: The essay that i had written was told from the standpoint of me as the motherae when i wrote that first draft the picture book, which the undraft,. When i wrote that undraft, i had kept the mother as the narrator. And so i felt for the sake of my story, and how this would make it connect more with children, that what i really needed to do was make the main character the narrator of t story - the little girl in the story. Gabriel: There's aright big difference between writing it on point of view where you're like locked into first person verses. That's also like more of an omniscient narrator.
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