Welcome to DAY THREE of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! I hope you are now in the swing of things! How’s the writing going? How many of you have written two books so far? Ready to handle No. 3? And for those of you still writing Book #1 – do not fret! I’m PROUD of you for continuing to write! Don’t give up! Remember, we must conquer procrastination! 🙂 Please post your progress for Day 3 in today’s comments! MY DAY TWO EXPERIENCE: The day began quite… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY THREE: Timely Trends & Topics →
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 →
Welcome to DAY ONE of our seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (AKA “NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! I’ll be posting daily blogs every day at 6 AM PST (9 AM EST) here: https://paulayoo.com/category/napibo/ For those of you who are newbies, you can find out more about this annual event at our FAQs link here: NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 FAQs For those of you who are NAPIBOWRIWEE veterans, welcome back! 🙂 A quick reminder – to participate in this year’s event, please sign up for my blog (how-to-register info in the FAQs link listed above). Please post… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY ONE: Get Ready, Get Set, GO! →
Latest NAPIBOWRIWEE UPDATE: Friday is just around the corner… and so is May 1st! And you know what that means… NAPIBOWRIWEE! This year’s theme for my 7th annual National Picture Book Writing Week is EDITORIAL NUTS & BOLTS featuring our week-long guest-in-residence editor & author Amy Cherrix​ of Slushpile Press. To find out more about Amy, please visit her website here: http://slushpilepress.com My FAQs about this annual writing event are here: https://paulayoo.com/national-picture-book-writing-week-napibowriwee-this-may-1-7-2015-faqs-here/ Blogs will be posted daily May 1-7 at 6 AM PST/9 AM EST at https://paulayoo.com/category/napibo/ Contest winners will be… Read more 2015 NAPIBOWRIWEE TEASER UPDATE! →
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) →
(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 FIVE!!!!! Can you believe it? By now hopefully you have FOUR FULL COMPLETED FIRST DRAFTS of your picture books! Time to work on Draft No. 5! And for those of you who have not written a picture book per day – do NOT despair! I’m proud of you for sticking through… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2014: Day Five – Guest Authors, Part 2 of 2 (May 5) →