{"id":402,"date":"2020-12-17T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T23:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/fibro-qa-words-and-pictures-how-to-write-a-childrens-book\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T12:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T01:08:35","slug":"fibro-qa-words-and-pictures-how-to-write-a-childrens-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2020\/12\/fibro-qa-words-and-pictures-how-to-write-a-childrens-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Words and pictures &#8211; how to write a children&#8217;s book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-MMRstqm54Tc\/TrKAvCG_lRI\/AAAAAAAAA3U\/f41wq91topQ\/s1600\/blog-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-MMRstqm54Tc\/TrKAvCG_lRI\/AAAAAAAAA3U\/f41wq91topQ\/s1600\/blog-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"299\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Children&#8217;s book author and illustrator Peter Carnavas puts big issues into books for little people.<\/p>\n<p>The four titles in his Little Treasures collection cover love, family, the environment and self-worth. Sarah must carry her heavy heart around with her. Jessica tries to make friends. Christopher&#8217;s father is absent. And there is one about the last tree in the city.<\/p>\n<p>So I sat Peter down and quizzed him on how to write a children&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><b>You take on some &#8216;big&#8217; issues in your little books. Why do you choose to tackle those, rather than simply writing a story to entertain?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Peter Carnavas<\/b>: &#8220;I don&#8217;t always mean to tackle big issues, but they are the sort of stories I end up writing. I think it is because I need to feel some sort of emotional connection to a story to pursue writing it. That doesn&#8217;t mean the story has to be emotional itself, but I just like the idea of readers being able to delve into themes a little, to have layers of meaning working throughout the story. Of course, I love simple, fun stories as well &#8211; Quentin Blake is probably my biggest hero and his books are usually pure fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>What are some of the things you have to think about when working your material into a book suitable for children?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>PC<\/b>: &#8220;Most of my ideas have a grown-up origin, such as a conversation I&#8217;ve had or a newspaper article I&#8217;ve read, so there is a bit of a process for me to fashion it into a children&#8217;s story. It becomes easier when I start working on the illustrations, for no matter what the theme, my pictures are usually quite light and fanciful. This helps a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are other little techniques I use to help the story appeal to children, such as the silent animal friends popping up on every page, or adding funny little things in the background. It&#8217;s also important to cut out unnecessary words. I like to keep the text short and to the point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>When you write your books, do you begin with words or pictures?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>PC<\/b>: &#8220;I start with the idea then, after thinking about it for days, weeks or months, I write the text. I like to write the whole story in one sitting &#8211; once I&#8217;ve started it, I can&#8217;t go to bed until it&#8217;s done. I then start playing around with pictures, usually working out what the characters will look like, what they wear, what sort of animal will follow them around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>What, for you, is the best part of writing books for children? And the most difficult?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>PC<\/b>: &#8220;There are many good things about making books for children. I love reading the books to children at schools and getting their response. I&#8217;m always fascinated by the ideas they pick up from the stories, often things that I had never considered.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, it&#8217;s immensely satisfying coming up with an idea that I think will work, then gradually bringing the characters to life. It can feel quite powerful at times, creating my own little people with their own little triumphs and tragedies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most difficult parts are the boring bits like working out money stuff, though sometimes the most challenging thing is trying to draw something the way I see it in my head. My hand doesn&#8217;t always do as it&#8217;s told and I have to reach a sort of compromise between my imagination and my ability. It always works out in the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Any advice for wanna-be children&#8217;s book writers out there?<\/b><br \/>\n<b>PC<\/b>: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s important to get opinions of your work from people that you trust. If you are going to submit to a publisher, make sure you research the publishers well and choose one that suits the story you have written.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the Australian Writers&#8217; Marketplace for details on just about everything, and join up to the weekly online newsletter, <a href=\"http:\/\/jackiehoskingpio.wordpress.com\/\">Pass It On<\/a>. You can find out everything you need to know from those two sources.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, just because something is hard, it doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s impossible. Keep going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>You can find out more about Peter and his books at <a href=\"http:\/\/petercarnavas.com\/\">petercarnavas.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30847\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ALTait_-_5x7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30847\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30847\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ALTait_-_5x7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"AL Tait cartoon by Mick Elliott\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Mick Elliot<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Are you new here? Welcome to my blog! I\u2019m Allison Tait, aka A.L. 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