Ideas Tag

Podcast – Query Letters That Worked

Today’s episode comes from Picture Book Summit Co-Founders Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Hedlund. Emma and Julie are also co-creators of the Complete Picture Book Submission System. In this episode, you’ll hear them share their submission expertise as they provide you with the key components of a killer query letter and break down three real query letters critiqued by Emma or Julie that resulted in agent representation or a book contract. You’ll leave this episode with actionable items you can apply immediately to your own queries. Get ready to polish those queries until they shine brighter than you thought possible.

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Podcast – Developing Ideas with Emma Walton Hamilton

Today it’s time for part three of Where the Idea Are series: Developing Ideas. Listen to the first two parts of the series below:

• Part 1 – Generating Ideas with Katie Davis here
• Part 2 – Assessing Ideas with Laura Backes here

Once you’ve generated the ideas and assessed them to see which ones are viable for a picture book, then you have to develop that idea and actually write the story.

At the core of every good picture book is a central dramatic question. What is that, anyway? Picture Book Summit co-founder Emma Walton Hamilton discusses the importance and function of the central dramatic question and how to find it while developing ideas.

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