- What is the story that is yours to tell?
- Can you write the premise in one sentence?
- Do you have a resolution to your story?
- What is the age of your main character?
- Do you know the language of this character?
- Is the story of interest and appropriate for the audience?
- What is the primary age of your audience?
- In what genre can your story be told?
- Do you have a beginning, a middle, and an end?
- Does the story beginning introduce a character that attracts a reader?
- Does the story middle rise to a level that changes the main character?
- Does the story end resonant with the reader?
- If a picture book, is there space for an illustrator to tell a visual story?
- Does the theme reach across all ages with reflection for all?
- Can you write the jacket flap “about the story?”
- Can you write the jacket flap bio about you and the story?
- What is the story that is yours to tell?