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	<title>Children&#039;s publishing information by Scott E Franson</title>
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		<title>Getting your break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting your break in children&#8217;s publishing is a dream come true, at least it was for me. One day at the BYU Writing and Illustration for Young Readers Conference, the illustration teacher, Eric Rohmann (My Friend Rabbit) said, &#8220;I like your book. Send it to me and I will show it to my publisher when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Story Flow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A series of illustrations is not a book nor is a series of spreads. A picture book needs connections between individual illustrations as much as it needs the illustrations to connect with the words. Each illustration should set the stage for the next.
The text should also be considered as part of the visual flow because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottefranson.com/pub101/visual-story-flow</link>
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		<title>What is a storyboard?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A storyboard is a series of small images representing a spread (2 pages side by side) that show a visual overview of the whole story.
They can be done many ways but I usually draw them on one piece of paper. This allows me to see at a glance the visual narrative. Draw them in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottefranson.com/pub101/what-is-a-story-board</link>
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		<title>Workshops &amp; Conferences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Workshops and Conferences are a great place to meet published and aspiring authors and illustrators. It doesn&#8217;t take long to learn the lingo and to get an idea of how the publishing world works. You will make many good friends.
BYU Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers &#124; This is my favorite Workshop/Conference. I have attended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyze your Portfolio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in illustrating children&#8217;s books this is what the art director is looking for. This form is a good tool to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your portfolio. 
A portfolio is a communication tool that lets an art director know that you have the ability to get the job done.
Thank you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottefranson.com/pub101/analyze-your-portfolio</link>
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		<title>Picturebook Anatomy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to design a book it is important to know the parts of a book and how to use them to tell a sequential story.
Gutter &#124; This is the fold in the middle of the book. It is an element that needs to be a major consideration when designing images for a book. Avoid [...]]]></description>
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