WELCOME TO DAY FIVE OF THE 2018 NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK EVENT! Hi my fellow #NAPIBOWRIWEE participants! Congratulations! You are now in the home stretch of our annual writing… Read more 2018 NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 5 – Meet Guest Author Kerri Kokias! →
WELCOME TO NAPIBOWRIWEE 2016! This is my eighth annual “National Picture Book Writing Week” event since I started it in 2009. In 2009, my second picture book biography, SHINING STAR:… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 1 – Meet Lee & Low Books Editor Jessica Echeverria! →
Welcome to DAY SEVEN of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! What? It’s Day SEVEN? Are you kidding me? Where did the time go? How is everyone feeling? Can you believe you have been writing for almost an entire week, non-stop? Are you exhausted? I am! But hang in there! We can do it! Just one more day! 🙂 Even as a professional writer who HAS to write every day, I have to admit writing 7 picture books in 7 days, no matter how much “pre-writing… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY SEVEN: Submissions Check List →
Welcome to DAY FOUR of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! This is when the burnout happens. Day 4 is always the toughest for our NAPIBOWRIWEE writers because it’s the halfway point. Plus it’s MONDAY. All that weekend writing wore everyone out! And if you have a day job, you lose a whole day of writing because you’re back in the office! So this is where I stop being nice and get tough…. KEEP WRITING! DON’T GIVE UP! YOU CAN DO IT! ON YOUR FEET, WRITING SOLDIER! 🙂… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY FOUR: Character & Plot →
Welcome to DAY TWO of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! Did you survive the first day? What a way to kick off the weekend, huh? 🙂 Thanks for all your comments and for participating! My DAY ONE EXPERIENCE: Right now, I’m working full-time during the day as a TV writer/producer for the show DEFIANCE on SyFy. Our third season debuts this Friday June 12, 2015! We also had a post-work dinner event to attend, so I did not get a chance to write until I got home… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY TWO: The Editorial Eye →
Hi! Please mark your calendars… the 7th annual NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK (AKA “NaPiBoWriWee”) will take place May 1-7, 2015. IMPORTANT: To keep up with my NAPIBOWRIWEE event, please bookmark this URL and visit it daily from May 1-7 for new blogs! https://paulayoo.com/category/napibo/ ####### For the past six years, NAPIBOWRIWEE has celebrated the art and craft of writing picture books by challenging writers to attempt to write 7 picture books in 7 days. We feature fun Q&A blogs with guest authors plus lots of fun prizes and souvenirs. The goal… Read more National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) This May 1-7, 2015! FAQs Here! →
Hi! Please mark your calendars… the 7th annual NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK (AKA “NaPiBoWriWee”) will take place May 1-7, 2015. For the past six years, NAPIBOWRIWEE has celebrated the art and craft of writing picture books by challenging writers to attempt to write 7 picture books in 7 days. We feature fun Q&A blogs with guest authors plus lots of fun prizes and souvenirs. The goal of NAPIBOWRIWEE is to encourage writers to fight procrastination by trying to write AND finish a first draft of a picture book every… Read more Stay Tuned for 2015 NAPIBOWRIWEE – May 1-7, 2015! →
What time did everyone wake up? Did everyone survive our Sixth Annual National Picture Book Writing Week? 🙂 How was everyone’s final Day 7? I’d love to hear your comments below. My DAY 7 UPDATE: It was my first truly really free day. No social obligations, no rehearsals, no writing deadlines, no errands. Ironically, I struggled a bit because I think I’ve been so used to writing under a lot of pressure and tight deadlines and very little time. Suddenly, I had all these long leisurely hours to write. Talk… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2014: Wrap Up & Contest Winners! (May 8) →
(NOTE: For this entire week, I will post a new blog every day by 6 AM PST here. So check back daily! Also – I will post fun Tweets live each day! Follow me on Twitter @paulayoo) WELCOME TO DAY SEVEN! THIS IS IT, GUYS! Welcome to the 7th and LAST day of NAPIBOWRIWEE! Can you believe we made it? For those of you who are behind, do NOT panic. You’ve got 24 hours left! And even if you cannot finish 7 picture books in 7 days, I’m still proud of… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2014: Day Seven – Our Last Day! Let’s Make the Most of It! (May 7) →
(NOTE: For this entire week, I will post a new blog every day by 6 AM PST here. So check back daily! Also – I will post fun Tweets live each day! Follow me on Twitter @paulayoo) WELCOME TO DAY SIX! Guess what? NAPIBOWRIWEE IS NOT OVER YET! Even though it’s Day Six, it means you still have 48 hours to get those 7 picture book drafts done! Congrats to those of you who are working on Draft No. 6 and are not fazed at all by this week of intense… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2014: Day Six – Inspirational Diversity Quotes! (May 6) →