How to Write and Illustrate a Children’s Book, Part 1

© 2012 Corie Barloggi

How to Write and Illustrate a Children’s Book

Part 1: The Writing Process

First Questions Asked???• Who is my audience? What age level am I

writing for?– Youngsters – Baby to 5 year olds– Primary Grades– Secondary Grades– Adults

• What type of Story am I going to write (genre)?– Fiction Romance– Nonfiction Science Fiction– Biography Poetry– Cookbook Horror, etc…

• What type of Book am I going to write?– Picture Book– Chapter Book– Novel

Parts of the Writing Process

• Prewrite• Time to Think about your

Writing• What are you going to

write about?• Make a list of things you

want to write about and things you know about

• What type of story are you going to write?

• Funny• Scary• Personal Narrative,

etc.

My list– Animals– My

students– My family– Art– Traveling– Joshua– Poetry

Parts of the Writing Process

• Drafting– Time to Write it

Down

Once upon a time…

There lived a cat named Jack….

He had a bushy, white-tipped tail…

I began writing my story…

• I sat on my sofa and typed my thoughts onto my computer

• I only typed the beginning of my story then I put everything away.

• I left it alone for about 2 weeks

• After about 2 weeks I went back to my story and reread it

• I then added more to my story

• I did this process for another couple of months before I had my rough draft written of my story, In Jack’s Mind

Parts of the Writing Process

• Revising– Time to Improve my writing

• Remember the Revising and Editing parts of the Writing Process are Ongoing – (You revise then edit, then

revise and edit again)– It keeps going until you

publish you’re satisfied with your writing

Parts of the Writing Process

• Editing– Time to Make

Things Correct

Revising and Editing HAPPENS again and again and

again…

Get people you know

to help you with

these ongoing

steps.

I have to remember it’s okay to cry during

these steps!

Remember…

Revising and Editing are ongoing throughout the whole

writing process until the writing is PUBLISHED.

Draft

Revise and Edit

Publish

I had to make sure my text matches my AUDIENCE!

Prewrite

Parts of the Writing Process

• Publishing– Time to

Share my Writing

Remember…Publishing means that your writing

and illustrations are complete!These two components also work together!

Any Questions?