Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Heather Alexander Explains Everything You Need To Know About Illustration Notes In A Picture Book Manuscript

With a six-year background in editorial, Agent Heather Alexander of Pippin Properties summed up illustration notes DOs and DON'Ts recently on her blog in A Note About Notes



It's brilliant. Succinct. Helpful.

I especially like the idea of re-imagining them as "stage directions."

Take note. (pun intended.) And read the piece. It's well-worth it.

Thanks, Heather!

Illustrate and Write On,
Lee



2 comments:

Steven James Petruccio said...

Let writers write and let illustrators illustrate. We are each the best at what we do. Part of the reason you hire an illustrator is for their interpretation of the words.

Dionna said...

Succinctly said. Thanks for sharing, Lee!