This course will offer insight into the art and arc of picture book writing. Classes will cover a range of craft topics including story arc, voice, and emotional resonance, and will address allied industry standards and the submission process. Every hands-on session will be a nurturing space, a writing time-window built into the class—to guide your journey from a seed idea and initial draft to multiple revisions and final polishing of a single full picture manuscript.

 

With many different picture book examples and plenty of time for Q&A, this course will support you in your picture book creation. Instructor Meera Sriram will offer helpful feedback on your manuscript throughout your writing process.

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About the Instructor:

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Meera Sriram is an Indian American children’s writer who draws from her life straddling the East and West to tell stories. She is the author of several picture books including the award-winning A Gift for Amma, Dumpling Day, featured in The New York Times, and A Garden in My Hands, which received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. Her work has been selected as Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Bank Street College, and as American Library Association’s Rise: A Feminist Book Project. Her most recent title, The Spice Box, released in Spring 2024. Meera loves woodsy hikes and urban murals, and lives with her family in Berkeley, California.

 

Click here to learn more about Meera.

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LEFT MARGIN LIT'S CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY:

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If you find that you can't take a class for which you registered, you may request a refund, less a $25 administrative fee, at least 48 hours prior to the start of the first class session. If a class doesn't reach its minimum enrollment, it will be cancelled, and all students will receive full refunds.