An Online Picture Book Workshop
Turn your envy into inspiration!
If you’ve ever found yourself reading a published picture book thinking, “I wish I could write something like THAT!” then this class is for you. During this workshop we’ll apprentice ourselves to our favorite picture books to figure out what makes them tick, then use what we’ve discovered to fuel our own writing. We’ll examine how mentor picture books can help us at every step of the writing process, from generating ideas to drafting to revising.
This three-hour online workshop will be interactive, with exercises to try on the spot that you can also repeat on your own later on. Please come with a stack of 3-5 favorite picture books (or access to them as e-books).
$70 Members/$100 Nonmembers
Pauline David-Sax is a playwright, children’s book author & educator living in Brooklyn, NY. Her debut children’s picture book EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE (Random House Children’s Books, 2022) received an Ezra Jack Keats Writer honor, and her second picture book THE TIME MACHINE (Cardinal Rule Press, 2023) was a Kids IndieNext selection. Pauline was awarded the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award (2020) for How We Survived and has been named a finalist for the Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women (2020-21), Mad Cow Theatre’s Women’s Voices Festival (2021), the Women Playwright Series at Centenary Stage Co. (2021), Players Club of Swarthmore’s New Play Festival (2020) and HRC Showcase Theatre’s national playwriting contest (2019), as well as a semi-finalist for American Blues Theater’s Blue Ink Playwriting Award (2022). Pauline is a member of Dramatists Guild, SCBWI, Maestra and Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women+ playwrights over 40. She is also a lyricist currently participating in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.
+ PLEASE NOTE This workshop will occur ONLINE via Zoom. Students do not need to create an account to participate, but should test out Zoom before their class if they are first-time users. The week of the workshop, students will be emailed a link that they may click to enter the class.
+ REQUIRED EQUIPMENT A reliable, fast internet connection (broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE), speakers & a microphone (built-in or USB plug-in), and a webcam (built-in or USB plug-in).
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QUESTIONS
For any questions regarding this workshop, please contact programs@mainewriters.org.
REGISTER BY PHONE
Call 207-200-7180 and register with your VISA or MasterCard.
REGISTER BY MAIL
If you prefer to pay by mail, please print this registration form (downloadable PDF) and mail it to the MWPA with a check or credit card information.
SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Email programs@mainewriters.org to see if the scholarship is still available. Application Due by October 5th at 9:00 a.m.
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