Jon Seymour

Start with small, achievable goals, stay consistent, and don’t be afraid to experiment. It's helped me more than I can express!

Let me know if you have any tips that help you gain creative momentum!
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5. DO IT EVERY DAY.
This is so important that it's listed twice. Aside from the benefit of accumulating small wins over time, you also create unstoppable momentum. Even if it's just for 5-10 minutes, try to squeeze it into your schedule.

4. Touch it once.
If you have an idea, craft a complete draft of it to the best of your ability. It's okay to come back to it later, but only if you've gotten the idea down completely. Also: Don't do anything partially: half measures avail us nothing.

3. Try new things.
Especially during creative slumps, try to be creative in a new or novel way. If you're a writer, try drawing. If you're an artist, try writing. Activate different parts of your brain and create new creative connections.

2. Do it every day.
Complete your goals, and make sure to work on your craft every day. This builds routine and habits and helps to prioritize the work when your schedule gets busy

1. Set goals.
Not just SMART goals, but goals that are easy to accomplish. Small wins compound over time

I wanted to share a few ideas that helped me immensely with writing, art, and life in general.

So here are 5 (well, sort of) topics to help with creative momentum: 🧵

You and me, both!! 😂

Perfect 10! Going for Picture Book Gold (Theme of the 2024 Picture Book Summit). Winning with Wordplay with Julie Hedlund. October 5, 2024. picturebooksummit.com. Julie Hedlund's photo wrapped with a gold laurel leaf. Dash the Fox (mascot) carrying a torch and wearing laurel leaves.

Hey everyone! I haven't been here in a while but getting ready to gear back up. Sharing that I am SO excited to teach this workshop at this year's #PBSummit, which also happens to be our 10th anniversary. Hope to see you there! #kidlit #writingcommunity #picturebooks

Hi Stephen!! I appreciate the kind words!! And sorry for the late reply, I had a social media hiatus.

Just keep inking!!! It's such a guilty pleasure (for me anyway).

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Thank you!!!!!

There are lots of considerations (like print costs, etc...), but at the end of the day, your story is what you make it. Some pictures books are less than 32 pages, and many are well above the 32-page mark.

I hope that helps

That makes sense, and it depends on the length of the book. Assuming you're aiming for a 28-page story, the last page could be blank, but that doesn't mean layouts can change during editing. For example, what happens if a publisher wants to add back matter, but keep the total page count <= 32?

I think it really depends on the book. There are a number of books that don't use a title page or that put the dedications/metadata in the back, or even some that start the story on the opening endpaper.

Whichever shoe fits best. 🙃

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The Bluesky #kidlit community is growing!

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My niece becomes a *debut* picture book author today!!!!! Yes, I am bursting with auntly pride ❤️. MIRA AND BAKU 🇯🇵 launches today from Annick Press 🇨🇦, written by Sara Truuvert and gorgeously illustrated by Michelle Theodore. I interviewed both on my blog today: debbieohi.com/2023/09/mira...
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🚨NEW VERSE SHOW EPISODE AND GIVEAWAY with the incredible @kateallenfox.bsky.social🚨

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Yay for Bluesky podcast announcements! ☺️

Teacher friends! Do you have HISTORY SMASHERS: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE TAINO PEOPLE ready to share with readers this October?

It's co-authored by Taino elder & scholar Dr. José Barreiro with art by @dylanmeconis.bsky.social & @falynnk.bsky.social - available now from your favorite bookstore!

Definitely!!🙃

Brutal. Hope you feel better !

Not a teacher, so boosting!

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Reminder that tomorrow at 5pm is our weekly #MiddleGrade chat! We've had a lovely couple of weeks so far, so if you can pop along and join in, it'd be great to see you!

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Hey Everyone (again). Kidlit writer, author, illustrator, and editor for the "You May Contribute A Verse" podcast!

Hoping to reconnect with you all soon!

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