2011/02/11

To Find Your Story

  • 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?