"How are books made? "Look at the author's search for inspiration, the artist's storyboard composition, and the editing and publishing process!

I have always felt that Taiwan lacks occupation-related books, so that children can learn about the details of work in different occupations from an early age. Many people have very wild imaginations about "going to work in a publishing house" and "writing": "I like reading so much, I can read a lot of books when I go to work in a publishing house~" "I am very good at writing and drawing, and I should be able to become a writer. Or let an illustrator publish a book!” As everyone knows, “the formation of a book” involves more communication and discussion, conception and exploration of creative content, in addition to reading, writing, and drawing. information

"How are books made? " is a picture book for children over the age of six, and it is also very suitable for all writers and illustrators who do not have a publishing major but are interested in "publishing" as a reference material. From "how inspiration came to", "writing" The process will encounter stagnation", "what details should the artist pay attention to when drawing illustrations"... All of them are explained with very vivid pictures and texts, not only children can understand a little "Ah! This is how books are made." Maybe let many text or graphic creators understand more: "How are books made?"

Regarding "inspiration", it should be the beginning of all creators. The idea of "I want to write/paint" popped out of the mind before starting to write.

"Sometimes, it's a little hard to find the right word." - P.5

This is something that many writers rarely think about when they "can't write it". When the amount of reading is not enough, the words that can be used in the brain are not enough, or the most accurate words cannot be found to describe certain situations, it is easy to get stuck there and cannot continue; or in the process of creation, often With the prototype of the story, the content needs to have more descriptions of the storyline, protagonist settings, and scene pictures, so it takes a lot of time to find materials, interviews, and observe the details related to the content of my writing, so that I can write. At times, there are more materials that can be extended and laid out.

"They write and write and write... at the same time delete something... lose a large part of the story... start over" - P.10-11

This process of throwing away and re-creating often makes the progress of writing slow, or when you encounter a bottleneck and can no longer write, sometimes you can interrupt the "writing" thing first, do other things first, and you may be able to break through The bottleneck of "can't write anything".

If you have always been a writer who is frustrated and unable to continue when you encounter a bottleneck, after reading this "bottleneck" presented in warm colors, you should get a little "Ah! It turns out that every writer is like this! I temporarily It doesn't matter if you stop first"! (This happens to all writers!)

When the text is written and enters the editing process, it comes to the responsibility of "editing".

"Writers work on their stories with editors, who make suggestions to make them better." - P.20

Of course, the editor does not open the author's article every day as a book to read. Sometimes the editor will see the details that the author did not notice during the writing process, and will suggest revisions. Therefore, the editor not only needs to have good writing skills, but also need to act as an editor. "Completing a Book" bridges the communication from the author's text work to the art design/typesetting and printing affairs.

Then in the process of book making, sometimes there will be a lot of illustrations. The editor also needs to find an illustrator based on the nature of the whole book, and communicate with the illustrator and what pictures are needed to cooperate with the article? What perspective needs to be drawn from what angle? Does the drawing match what the text describes? Is there an atmosphere that the text wants to convey? Can such a picture add points to the text and make the text more imaginative?

In the section "What are the illustrators doing?", just like "What are the writers doing?", the illustrator from the conception of the story to the assignment of scenes and storyboards, character setting, color selection, The selection of drawing materials... to the blank space on the layout, the other details except "illustrator not just drawing with a pen" are simplified and expressed in pictures, which will make people exclaim again and again: "Ah! It turns out that when you draw a story, You need to pay attention to so much!” (I rarely draw illustrations and I watch them with relish, and it really is like a mountain!)

For a published book, the most important role of the "editor" needs to have very professional knowledge in terms of text, pictures (drawing), design and typesetting, printing, listing, and even the promotion of any marketing activities. , Design and work together to put a complete book into the hands of readers.

Although this is a picture book with phonetic symbols for children to read "How are books made?", but for creators who want to make writing and drawing a career or "dream to be a writer, illustrator", it is a picture book. It is also a very simple entry book into writing and publishing.

PS
Very thick and worth buying!

"How are books made? "/ Erin. Christillo
20220303 / Wheat Field Publishing

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