If you want to learn more about writing picture books, head over to the Picture Book Blueprint here and take their amazing course all about writing the best ever picture book. 1- Don’t preach to your readers or try to moralize, the story will come off as heavy handed. 2- Unless you are an illustrator yourself, publishers tend to want to choose their own illustrators.  They usually have a bank of artists that they like to use and they don’t necessarily want to work with your friend/aunt/neighbour etc 3- If the story is over 1000 words, it is probably too long.  Just as an example, Where The Wild Things Are, one of my favourite picture books, is less than 400 words. 4- According to rumour, Dr Seuss wrote a thousand pages for every page he published.  Even if this is not exactly true, it gives a sense of how many times a picture book needs to be rewritten to make it perfect. Just because it is short, doesn’t mean it is easy. 5- Read contemporary picture books.  There is scope and opportunity to write some wonderful, cool things.  See what’s out there so you don’t limit yourself. 6- Read your own text out-loud. … Continue reading 10 TIPS FOR WRITING CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS