Twitter Highlights and Resonant Moments of #NY17SCBWI

Some of the most popular conference moments, captured on twitter with the hashtag #NY17SCBWI...

Lee Wind @leewind

"I never set out to have an audience. I set out to share what I love." Great social media advice from @MatthewWinner at #NY17SCBWI Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks Feb 11 "Everything you are awkward about is the very thing that makes you so special." - Bryan Collier #ny17scbwi Martha Brockenbrough @mbrockenbrough 5h A lot of standing ovations at this conference. Why? Because we are fortifying ourselves to fight and write for the good of kids. #ny17scbwi Don Tate @Devas_T 5h Leave room for the reader. Don't do it all yourself. A book is not a monologue. --Sara Pennypacker #ny17scbwi Your Nightmare Guest @AdriaQuinones 7h 51% of the kids in the US are POC. Repeat. -- @CynLeitichSmith#ny17scbwi scbwi @scbwi 6h "Art changes the world ." @sarapennypacker #ny17scbwi #inspiring#pax Ame Dyckman @AmeDyckman 9h NEW FOR 2017: @scbwi's nat'l (& internat'l!) BOOKS FOR READERS initiative, getting 📚 to the kids who need 'em. "Give Books. Build Dreams." Jolie Stekly @cuppajolie Feb 11 If you find something that inspires you, dig into that a little deeper. -Andrea Beaty #ny17scbwi Jaime Temairik @jaimetem 9h Tomie dePaola at #ny17scbwi (1/2): My wish for you: The joy of compassion, the joy of creating something that didn't exist before… Jaime Temairik @jaimetem 9h Tomie dePaola at #ny17scbwi (2/2): The courage to do it in the first place, and to do it again, and again and again. And bit of good luck.

More moments that resonated for me:

"My thin skin allows me…to exhale emotions and humanity onto the page." - @TaherehMafi inspires me at #NY17SCBWI

"Your passion is what's going to set your book apart" -great advice on Nonfiction for kids & teens from @ emily6560 #NY17SCBWI

"The world is waiting for you to dream... You'll only get half. The kids get the other half." - Bryan Collier makes us feel #NY17SCBWI

What moments are still resonating for you?


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