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They have to imagine a story where the scene can change almost every sentence, where every sentence is a plot point and where visual interest is high at all times. In other words, they have to envision a story in pictures and captions. This is why they often get the note, “This is more like a magazine story.” For picture books, writers who are not illustrators must visualize that there will be illustrations taking up a lot of real estate and covering a lot of what text covers in ordinary fiction.
They go ahead and write a ‘fiction’ type story with dialog, stage directions and descriptions. Websites: & For the picture book writers out there, what are the most common plot-related flaws/mistakes you’re seeing in picture book manuscripts?Ī lot of people do not visualize the structure of a picture book when they’re writing. Joyce lives in Coral Springs with her husband, Jay and caffeine-addicted cat, Nitro.
Joyce is currently working on an adult historical fantasy about Atlantis. The Playgroup currently presents three productions a year at their home base, The Willow Theatre in Boca Raton. In 2011, Joyce and a coalition of local playwrights, directors and actors formed The Playgroup LLC, which conducts workshops for playwrights and actors and produces original works by local playwrights. At this writing, 59 of Joyce’s students have successfully made this journey and obtained traditional publishing contracts. She believes that writers need emotional support as well as strong, craft-based teaching if they are to make the long, arduous, but very worthwhile journey to traditional publication. Developing strong bonds with the students she critiques and instructs is her hallmark. Joyce has also been a writing teacher and coach for 25 years, beginning with teaching five-week classes for the Florida Center for the Book, moving to ongoing invitation only workshops and finally to online classes, which reach students nationally and internationally. Her second chapbook, entitled WAKE UP, will be released in February. Her first chapbook of poems, IMPERMANENCE, was published in 2008 by Finishing Line Press. Her novel, Headlock (Holt 2006), won a Silver Medal in the 2006 Florida Book Awards and was chosen by the American Library Association as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Her novel Players was chosen by Booklist as a Top Ten Sports Book and by Working Mother magazine as a Top Ten for Tweens. Her novel Shadow won the Nevada State Reading Award in 1997. Many of her books appear on the American Library Association’s Best Books List and Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers. Her first novel, Center Line, won the First Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Outstanding Young Adult Novel. About Joyce: Joyce Sweeney is the author of fourteen novels for young adults and two chapbooks of poetry.