Avoiding the Character Cliche

This was originally published in the SCBWI bulletin in 2009. I wanted to cut and paste their formatted version, but their new site kept crashing my computer. Hopefully, it will get fixed because it looks really cool over there now! Avoiding the Character Cliché By...

A Questionable Beginning by Joelle Anthony

Originally published in the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Bulletin, January/February 2005 Beginning an article with a question can be weak at best and a lazy habit at worst. Every time I sit down to write nonfiction a nice stream of catchy...