Making Picture Book Stories Black Friday Special – Arree Chung

Making Picture Book Stories Black Friday Special Information

Do you have the creative itch to tell stories but don’t know where to start? Or perhaps you’ve been working on stories by yourself and you feel stuck. I’ve spent the last ten years becoming a published storyteller and I love what I do. I’ll share with you everything I’ve learned about creativity and show you how I craft stories. In addition to the course, I’ll work with you on your stories in critique groups and in our Storyteller Workshop Hour.

What is Making Picture Book Stories With Arree Chung?

1. An Intimate Learning Experience

Arree shares his own creative process in formulating and developing ideas. Arree takes you from the the first step of generating a picture book idea to developing a dummy and manuscript. This is the same process Arree uses to develop his own storybooks.

2. Build A Story With Solid Foundation and Structure

Understand the basic elements that make up a story. Once you learn how to spot the basic elements, you’ll gain deeper understanding on how to build a story with solid foundations.

3. Understand the Creative Process And Tell the Story Inside of You

Discovering a good idea just the first step in the creative process. Now you’ll have to develop the story. Learn how to ride out the ups and downs of the creative process. Making Picture Books Stories will help you discover your inner voice and unlock your creativity.

4. Gain Insight On How To Present Your Work To Agents and Editors

Your story is developed and polished. What’s next? You’ll learn how to prepare your story and how to get your work seen by the right people. You’ll save time and take the stress out of submitting your work and finding representation.

Here’s what you’ll learn

WEEK 0: Courage, Creativity and the Power of Words

• Welcome! (0:42)
• Creativity (20:45)
• Courage (37:27)
• The Power of Words (9:08)
• Assignments

WEEK 1: The Creative Process & Story

• The Creative Process (15:37)
• Story (9:06)
• Story Structure (14:42)
• Intellectual Property (8:39)
• Story Brainstorming: Post-It Exercise (2:48)
• Week 1: Assignments Print Versions (11:28)

Week 2: Let’s Make a Story!

• Starting and Drawing (35:58)
• Sharing and Organizing (2:31)
• Critique Groups (Your Tribe) (27:00)
• Week 2: Assignments

Week 3: Character Problems, Story Mapping and Putting it All Together

• Characters and Problems (18:13)
• Story Mapping (3:01)
• Putting It Together (30:13)
• Manuscripts (2:42)
• Week 3 Assignments

Week 4: Personality Types, Character Development, Curiosity and Making A Dummy

• Myers Briggs Personality Types and Your Creative Practice (6:25)
• Character Development (8:38)
• Curiosity (12:14)
• Make a Dummy (13:19)
• Week 4 Assignments

Week 5: Creativity, Design, First Pages and Page Turns

• Inventing Creativity (8:44)
• Design (14:40)
• First Pages (15:56)
• Page Turns (19:05)
• Week 5 Assignments

Week 6: Story Development, Inciting Incident and Escalation

• The Ugly Middle (4:11)
• Inciting Incident and Escalation (22:24)
• Case Studies (25:49)
• Development (10:03)
• Week 6 Assignments

Week 7: Pacing and Composition

• Contrast (6:13)
• Composition: Storytelling with Words, Pictures and Design (16:51)
• Case Study (6:34)
• Week 7 Assignments

Week 8 Beginnings & Endings, Plot Twists and Knowing Your Audience

• Beginnings & Endings (28:54)
• Your Target Audience (2:47)
• Week 8 Assignments

Week 9: Revision, Tools and Presentation

• Revision (19:49)
• Tools (11:02)
• Presentation (12:21)
• Week 9 Assignments

Week 10: The Book Business and Your Career

• The Book Business (13:11)
• Your Career: What to Expect (18:46)
• Book Sales Data & Career Paths (11:30)
• Week 10 Assignments

Week 11: Agents, Editors and Publishing Folks

• Agents (22:34)
• Editors (16:08)
• Publishing People! (5:30)
• Reaching Out to Agents and Editors (9:32)

Week 12: Your Author Brand: Marketing, Websites and Social Media

• Your Author Brand (4:27)
• Website (14:58)
• Social Media (3:54)
• Week 12 Assignments

Storyteller Workshop Replays Fall 2017

• Week 1: Goals, Mind Mapping, Prioritizing, Story Orphans & Evaluating Ideas Story Critiques (114:16)
• Week 2: Let’s Make a Story (91:44)
• Week 3: Character Problems, Story Mapping and Putting it All Together (117:04)
• Week 4: Personality Types, Character Development, Curiosity and Making A Dummy (85:28)
• Week 5: Creativity, Design, First Pages and Page Turns (122:39)
• Week 6: Story Development, Inciting Incident and Escalation (78:02)
• Week 7: Pacing and Composition (90:28)
• Week 8 Beginnings & Endings, Plot Twists and Knowing Your Audience (85:37)
• Week 9: Workshop & Story Critiques (107:31)
• Week 10: The Book Business and Your Career (72:49)
• Week 12: Your Author Brand: Marketing, Websites and Social Media (99:11)
• Ask Me Anything!
• Ask Me Anything with Emily Feinburg (100:01)

About Author

Arree Chung is an author/illustrator and the founder of Storyteller Academy. Arree’s Ninja! series has received starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal. Kirkus also gave a starred review to Mixed, which recently won the FCGB award.

Today Arree lives a creative life, making stories for children. Arree spends most of his time making picture books, writing middle grade novels, and sharing his love for art, design, and storytelling with kids and dreamers everywhere.

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