Article · Boyds Mills
How to Craft a Picture Book Dummy
By Lisa Cinelli
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2019
About this lesson
A step-by-step guide to folding eight sheets of paper into a 32-page dummy, taping in manuscript text, and checking that the story's emotional peak lands around the traditional page 30-31 climax spot.
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