Scbwi 2013 Top 10

The power of the scbwi conference is the difference between gossip and getting the facts from the source.

I have just gotten the most up to date information I can have on my craft and the market.  And here are MY main take homes that I gleaned from observation, listening, and interpreting what that means for me.

Here's my Top 10 from SCBWI 2013

10. Keep your Illustration Logo simple.  Use the letters from your name but make the font your own.

9. Quirky characters need quirky illustrations.

8. Instead of a daily schedule, try a weekly goal.

7.“Strong Book with a Strong Hook”. Editors are looking for Strong and Fresh stories.  You can't afford to be sloppy.

6. “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”

5. Be you. Find you. Develop you.

4. You can’t draw from life enough. We draw from observation and research, not from memory.

3. Work on your craft First and everything else will follow.

2. Draw your characters over and over again until you are drawing them in your sleep. 

And finally, the most important take home I have from this conference is: 

 

1. “It’s all about how hard you work when nobody is watching you.”