Yesterday as I was working on my newest idea for Picture Book Month something very strange happened to me. My entire story came out of my finger tips and onto my keyboard in 2 line couplets. I have never had a story come to me so easily. It clicks, it works! However it rhymes.
Here is my question for all of you. . . is it a story, is it a poem, or is it both? What actually qualifies a work of writing as a story or a poem? Is it word count? Is it style? Is it the author's decision? I don't know. I could use some advice on this one.
Hi Sandi, I'm pretty new at both, but what I've discovered this year is that some failed rhyming picture mss I had are now rhyming poems, some of them only tweaked a little, and one of them is doing really well in a national competition. It wouldn't have made it as a picture book, so I guess everything that is important for a non-rhyming pb is still as important for a rhyming one. I hope that makes sense :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your poem! That is so exciting! Thank you for your advice. I am now rewriting it in prose to see which way I like it better.
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