How to inject humour into writing is a subject that surprisingly doesn't come up often. But humour is essential to keeping young readers engaged. The suggestions in this guest blog-post from Anna Staniszewski are helpful https://laurasassitales.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/making-stories-funny/ . 1) the more you exaggerate the more fun you will have; 2) put two contrasting traits in the same character; and 3) go for the unexpected, but make it a surprise and not bizarre.
This featured link is a very good example of an illustrator showing her process on her blog – in this case the development of a book cover. http://kristenmargiotta.com/gustav-gloom-and-the-inn-of-shadows-cover-process/ . She works in oils, and from the background to the foreground. She intersperses explanatory text with pictures, and shows the initial thumbnail sketches, the final sketch, the preparation of the surface and the preparation of the oil paints, and then a series of four pictures from background only to final art. Putting that blog-post together would have taken a lot of time and effort, but the payoff is that anyone commissioning her will have a greater understanding of how long it took to produce the final art and because of that will be willing to pay her accordingly.
How to inject humour into writing is a subject that surprisingly doesn't come up often. But humour is essential to keeping young readers engaged. The suggestions in this guest blog-post from Anna Staniszewski are helpful https://laurasassitales.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/making-stories-funny/ . 1) the more you exaggerate the more fun you will have; 2) put two contrasting traits in the same character; and 3) go for the unexpected, but make it a surprise and not bizarre.
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