Speakers included:
- Heather Alexander, editor at Dial Books for Young Readers
- Quinlan Lee, agent for Adams Literary
- Suzanne Morgan Williams, author of Bull Rider
- Louise Jackson, author of Exiled
- Freelance author Sue Bradford-Edwards
- Rich Davis, children's book illustrator for Viking.
I especially enjoyed Suzanne Morgan Williams' workshop, Make Your Writing Shine. She showed us a revision technique that involves indicating dialogue, action, description, and internal thought with different colored markers--a good way to visually check what's happening in each scene. Ideally, there will be several colors next to a given paragraph. If there are large, unbroken blocks of description or internal thought, it's probably a good idea to work in some action.
Great tip! I think I'll try the color-coding when I'm ready to pring out my WIP :)
ReplyDeleteMe too, Jess. If you process things visually, like I do, it should be really helpful!
ReplyDeleteI think anything that can be color-coded should. :)
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