What a great list! I love love love what you said about white space and approaching the page like a canvas - so true! Also, thanks for the shout out Sarah!
Thank you!! Especially with the technology we have now, we are basically unlimited as to what we can do with text on the page, but I think it takes some out of the box thinking to move past what the printing press could do. We need now to take some cues from you artists!
I love Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi for this exact reason! I love how she lays out her verses! I read the audiobook first and when I flipped through the pages I was so excited to read it all again!
I love what you're saying about the power of using the white space (and thinking of the page as a canvass)––it really can bring a voice to life in MG, and I think it can be just as effective across ALL genres (and age groups). I always encourage my students (especially the ones working in prose) to look at as much poetry as they can, and to get a feel for the power of a good line break or double-space.
Nice. I like thinking about how white space enhances our prose. Awhile back I read Dusti Bowling's Dust (I think it was Dust?!) and the way she used white space and voice was really incredible and original - I learned a lot!
I love this look at the visual aspect of a book--such great food for thought and a spark for my creativity. Also, I'm pretty sure that illustration is a portrait of me in my overalls... :-)
I was also intrigued by the image at the top of the post, so I searched for a site that checks whether an image has been created by AI, and found this site: https://sightengine.com/detect-ai-generated-images
The check showed that there is a 99% chance that the image was created with MidJourney AI.
Noooooo that’s such a bummer. Pinterest is such a wasteland of AI rubbish these days and my interneal sensors usually pick it up pretty good. But not this time apparently…thanks for pointing me to that website, I will keep it on hand for future when I’m in doubt.
And also use your internal sensor for this website. I just found it through Google. So I can't say how reliable it is. I guess that is where we are now. Using AI to check if something was generated by AI. Oh, the irony.
What a great list! I love love love what you said about white space and approaching the page like a canvas - so true! Also, thanks for the shout out Sarah!
Thank you!! Especially with the technology we have now, we are basically unlimited as to what we can do with text on the page, but I think it takes some out of the box thinking to move past what the printing press could do. We need now to take some cues from you artists!
I love Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi for this exact reason! I love how she lays out her verses! I read the audiobook first and when I flipped through the pages I was so excited to read it all again!
Oooh, sounds like a good one. I'll have to add it to my list!
I can 100% testify that writing in verse is what got me to find and embrace my MG voice. Love this post. Thank you, Sarah!
Verse is the best!!
I love what you're saying about the power of using the white space (and thinking of the page as a canvass)––it really can bring a voice to life in MG, and I think it can be just as effective across ALL genres (and age groups). I always encourage my students (especially the ones working in prose) to look at as much poetry as they can, and to get a feel for the power of a good line break or double-space.
Yay!! Yes absolutely, I would LOVE to see this across all genres.
Nice. I like thinking about how white space enhances our prose. Awhile back I read Dusti Bowling's Dust (I think it was Dust?!) and the way she used white space and voice was really incredible and original - I learned a lot!
Ooooh yes, I love that one! Dusti's books are amazing.
I honestly feel like more adult books should use some of these things.
YES!!! I would love that!!!
I love this look at the visual aspect of a book--such great food for thought and a spark for my creativity. Also, I'm pretty sure that illustration is a portrait of me in my overalls... :-)
Hehehe yay overalls!! And thanks! I hope this gives you some fun ideas 😁
I was also intrigued by the image at the top of the post, so I searched for a site that checks whether an image has been created by AI, and found this site: https://sightengine.com/detect-ai-generated-images
The check showed that there is a 99% chance that the image was created with MidJourney AI.
Noooooo that’s such a bummer. Pinterest is such a wasteland of AI rubbish these days and my interneal sensors usually pick it up pretty good. But not this time apparently…thanks for pointing me to that website, I will keep it on hand for future when I’m in doubt.
And also use your internal sensor for this website. I just found it through Google. So I can't say how reliable it is. I guess that is where we are now. Using AI to check if something was generated by AI. Oh, the irony.
The ginger is A.I. generated my friend.