Book Art

Not only do I love to read and write books, I love to make pretty things out of books. These are just some of my favorites:

Barton Lidicé Beneš used nails and rope to bind the 

written word to symbolize censorship.

Kaspen made the story jump right out of the pages. Wow...magnificent! 

 Cara Barer turned this picture book into a flowing work of art. 

The colors work perfectly with this design.

Wentworth suspended books to the ceiling, giving the room a magical feeling. I think that we all of stories floating around in our heads...a lot like these floating books.

This took some patience. I don't how you do this, Isaac Salazar, 

but I'm impressed. 

If you were wondering what you can do with those phone books that the government still delivers to your doorstep, then go no further. 

Introducing the flower-shaped pencil holder:

This reminds me of M.C. Escher in book form.  

Beube creates some amazing work.

Storyboarding

Welcome! I hope that this blog helps you write your book. I love using storyboards. They help me put raw, random ideas into a linear format.

I start with around 30 items that could be in my book. This creates a list of islands that aren't even connected to each other yet. Then I find the five most important points of my book. When these five points are mapped out they create the W structure.  This structure was used by Aristotle and can be used for any genre.

Let's talk about those five points. Every story has rising action and falling action throughout the book. This creates the drama, excitement, and worry.

1. The Triggering Event is the event such as a murder, a wedding, etc, that starts the story.

2. The First Turning Point occurs as a result of the triggering event.

3. Ideas to handling the problem lead to the upward motion as hope seems to be on the horizon. This leads to the  Conflict in point 3.

4. The conflict runs the emotion downward to the Second Turning Point. This is the lowest point of the entire book and forces a change within the protagonist and possibly other characters.

5. As understanding and change occur, we end up at Resolution.

The W lets me know where my story is going next. This keeps my writing going and helps to prevent serious writer's block. So try it! I hope that this helps you!