Story Element #1: CHARACTER

Story Element #1: CHARACTER

Welcome to STORY ELEMENTS, the place to learn about the top 10 elements of the writing craft. The craft of writing picture books includes: character, conflict, plot, dialogue, theme, pacing, word play, patterns, rhyme, and beginnings and endings. The first five also relate to novels; the last five are specific to picture books.

This page is dedicated to Story Element #1: CHARACTER. The following list includes all the books I've shared online to help learn about character. Enjoy!

1. Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka
2. A Penguin Pup for Pinkerton by Steven Kellogg
3. Woe is Moe by Diane Stanley
4. Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
5. Too Many Turkeys by Linda White

Contributions from PB 14:14 in 2014 participants:

• The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems
• Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter
• Riley and the Grumpy Wombat: A journey around Melbourne by Tania McCartney
• I'm Bored by Michael Ian Black - Lesson ONE; Lesson TWO
• Maya Was Grumpy by Courtney Pippin-Mathur 
• Lightship by Brian Floca
• Thank You Bear by Greg Foley
• Insect Detective by Steve Voake
• Of Thee I Sing, A Letter to My Daughters by Barak Obama
• Joone by Emily Kate Moon
• Sophie and the Sea Monster by Don Gillmor

Contributions from PB 14:14 in 2015 participants:

• 1st one goes here...