November 2024 - Picture Book People

Picture Book Prompt 78

“What might help you better slip into your ‘me-shaped’ hole?”
—Adam Blanning

We all want to feel as though we belong. What could a “me-shaped hole,” a place of absolute belonging, look like to a five-year-old?

Picture Book Prompt 77

“Everything we know has come from stories that have been told over and over again as truth. Those stories turn into history.”
–Oliver Jeffers

Tell a story that you’ve heard many times before or a story from your past that you’ve told many times before. Write as if you’re telling it to or from the perspective of a six-year-old.

Picture Book Prompt 76

“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
–EL Doctorow

Probably some of the best writing advice ever. Dig up an old manuscript that has promise and write as far as your headlights will take you!

Picture Book Prompt 75

“It’s fun to have fun, but you have to know how.”
–The Cat in the Hat

Fun can be elusive. We all want to have it, but it’s not always easy to make it happen. Imagine a scenario that focuses on fun—what it is, how to have it, how to make it, and how to manage when it goes sour.