by SCBWI Western Washington
Robin LaFevers How do you stay sane when the burning need to get published is eating away at your soul? When what you think is your best work is rejected all around? Bestselling author Robin LaFevers, whose series about teen assassin nuns (Grave Mercy, Dark Triumph), has garnered rave reviews, has a lot to say... Continue Reading →
Colleen AF Venable is an author and designer. Colleen AF Venable has an incredible knack of showing some extremely scary villains to her audience. She (with scary and hilarious slides) talked through film and literary villains, such as Voldemort, King Leck, Darth Vader, a number of Disney villains, and even a rabbit. We talked through the... Continue Reading →
Abigail Samoun's breakout sessions were dealing with tools for every plot mechanic. She gave us advice, insight and practical tools to use for story plots. In our second session she had four volunteers share their homework and we had a great session listening to the process. Since we can't give away all of Abigail's amazing... Continue Reading →
Chronicle Books' Tamra Tuller addresses the banshee in the backs of our minds, waiting for its time to wail in the pages we write: EMOTION!!! um, er, (inner voice drops to a whisper). . . emotion. What she shared: *It's difficult to bring a high level of emotional complexity to your text. *Understand your character's... Continue Reading →
When you sit down to write your novel, know this: Ammi (pron. "Ay-mee")-Joan feels your pain. Besides being an agent with Erin Murphy Literary, she's also a writer (Nowhere Girl, and the upcoming Rules for Ghosting in July). She offered a list of ways to strengthen your approach to writing your story, such as: the... Continue Reading →
We had a wonderful session with Author Robin LaFevers. It was chock full of invaluable information on pace for your story. According to Robin: Pace is all about momentum. Getting the reader to turn the page as quickly as possible. We are creating a compulsion through pace for our reader to turn the page. There... Continue Reading →
Featuring: Kim Baker, Pickle Stacey R. Campbell, Hush J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just Suzanne Kaufmann, I Love Monkey Introductions: JAC - Wrote 11 completed novels until Wicked and the Just. KB - I failed miserably. I tried to be a PB writer and failed miserably. SK - Came from animation, video games.... Continue Reading →
This morning's fabulous keynote was Author Kelly Milner Halls. Kelly comes to us from the Inland NW region of SCBWI, and lives in Spokane, WA. Kelly has made a successful career of writing what she loves- nonfiction writing! She was the kid who always wanted to know the answers. In high school she fell in love... Continue Reading →
Mac Barnett spoke to an over-flowing room of conference attendees on taking very practical lessons from very good picture books. Mac read several picture books and then went through why they worked and what we can learn from them. He made it very clear that picture books are a form and not a genre. They... Continue Reading →
An Evening with Mac Barnett & Van Halen* (Lineup Not Final) Author Mac Barnett was the first keynote speaker at the 22nd Annual SCBWI WWA Conference. He started off by stating that technically it was morning, and that Van Halen was unavailable. But Mac Barnett didn't need Van Halen. His humor, stories, and passion for... Continue Reading →
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