October 2019
Lost in Pace: Making Sure Your Picture Book Doesn’t Go Off the Rails
Even with their limited word counts, picture books must tell a fully realized story. In this session, we'll explore how to entice a young reader from opening to final page. We will focus on how a book's high level mechanics-- like character development and transformation, plotting, and structure--can be used to keep your book on track.
Lecture replays are available after the free trial ends. To end your trial early, email brooke@inkedvoices.com .
About Sean McCarthy
Sean McCarthy began his publishing career as an editorial intern at Overlook Press and then moved over to the Sheldon Fogelman Agency. He worked as the submissions coordinator and permissions manager before becoming a full-time literary agent. Sean graduated from Macalester College with a degree in English-Creative Writing, and is grateful that he no longer has to spend his winters in Minnesota. He is drawn to flawed, multifaceted characters with devastatingly concise writing in YA, and character-driven work or smartly paced mysteries/adventures in MG. In picture books, he looks more for unforgettable characters, off-beat humor, and especially clever endings. He is not currently interested in issue-driven stories or query letters that pose too many questions.