5 Literary Techniques that will Improve Any Children’s Book
Gena Maselli
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In this session, you’ll discover:
Gena shares five literary techniques that will improve any children’s book, including metaphor, extended metaphor, parallelism, repetition and questions. She not only explains what they are but also shows examples of how they can be used to improve any written piece.
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Comment Below With Your Key Takeaways Or If You Have Questions About The Session.
37 responses
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Thank you for the really great examples and suggestions. I will definitely keep this in mind as I write and revise my books.
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5 great literary techniques to consider using in my writing. Practice, practice, practice. Thank you.
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I loved this session! It was great to not only hear about these literary devices, but the examples really brought them to life. Thank you!
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This was a thoughtful presentation that was well organized and offered multiple examples of each literary technique. My greatest takeaway is to create word pictures with literary techniques. What a great challenge!
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GENA: THANK YOU for teaching us–and ESPECIALLY SHOWING us!–ways to improve our writing. The examples you provided were SO HELPFUL! I’ve already checked out your site for future guidance. THANK YOU!
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You’re so welcome, Natalie. I need to see examples myself, so I get it. Hearing is one thing, seeing is something else. Happy writing!
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As a sometime poet, I’m embarrassed to admit I had not considered these suggestions. I will incorporate the techniques into my MG novel.
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Great, Reatha. Writing is a journey, and we never reach the end of it, do we? There’s always more to learn and practice. I’m so glad it was helpful.
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Thank you for helping me stop and reflect on how to elevate my writing while telling my story. I appreciated the examples.
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You are welcome! I’m so glad it was helpful to you. Like I said, those kinds of elements rarely happen on the first draft. I often wonder how long it took Dickens to write that first line. And how many drafts he had. LOL!
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As I wrote to you, I was thinking of what a difference it makes to a book, if we understand the value to the reader of good phrases and sentences that carry us further. Your ideas reveal so much learning and reading. your comment on Dicken’s first words made me think of Winston Churchill’s style in his speeches from WWII; they were more powerful because of their structure. I remember reading that he was, at one time, a year behind at school, He was obviously helped by a good teacher!
Your words convince me that I need to be closer to your fine ideas. I look forward to joining your “Moments to write”Thank you so much.
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We’d love to have you, Jane. It’s funny you mention Winston Churchill. I taught a writing class this last year, and we studied a few of his speeches. What a master! And we got to hear the recordings, not only read them. It was so powerful.
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Enjoyed the layers that can be added to the imagery using metaphors, similies, and other literary devices and examples of each.
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I enjoyed Gena’s tips on writing. This session was a good reminder of those English terms and how to use them in writing.
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A lot of what you said tells me that my style of writing is more on the mark than thought! Sometimes I feel that I’m writing “above” my readers but it’s the type writing I experience in the children’s books I love the best.
Recently, I purchased a 1950’s edition of “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” because it has been revised and therefor, simplified, for today’s readers. That makes me feel as if writers today want to speak down to children by the words and lack of rythmn.
As an elementary art and music teacher, I have never had to “speak down” to students and find children quite receptive. Even now, since I’ve retired and teach music part time in preschool, I will not talk baby talk but use adult words. They seem to like that and will sometimes ask what a word means, even in a song. The children know I will take the time to teach them, after all, that’s what I’m there for and that’s what I write and illustrate picture books to do.
Thank you for the time and preparation you took to give this session. It was very informative. -
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I really appreciate the detailed presentation on lyrical writing. Bringing the text alive with these various ways is exciting to realize it elevates the writing to a greater level. Gena helped me to understand the importance of this technique and effort.
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I love literary techniques! I also believe and use the expression ‘word picture’. I loved the examples you gave in this session! In particular, the extended metaphor challenged me to try at least on paper for the sake of practicing it.
Thank you!
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Yes, extended metaphor takes work and practice, but when it comes together… oh the joy. Best wishes, Laura.
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I wished to join your writing group but when I clicked on the link it showed an error which said the link can not be accessed. Is there a way I could join you?
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