Great post! I would disagree with you though that it's a myth that ideas come first. I guess it depends on the person. I'm an illustrator first (of children's books) so I think in pictures. Coming up with ideas actually comes quite naturally to me. What's hard for me is turning those ideas and stories I see in my mind into a well-crafted story. Perhaps I need more practice with the writing side of things if I'm ever going to BOTH illustrate AND write a children's book one day. I'm struggling my way through writing a middle grade graphic novel at the moment. It's slow going but I'm beginning to gain a bit more confidence as I go. I think we all have something we struggle with - if it's not coming up with the ideas, then it's something else along the way. For anyone wanting to come up with ideas for picture books though, I HIGHLY recommend joining PiBoIdMo - https://taralazar.com/piboidmo/. Happy idea hunting!
RE: One Simple Step--What to do when you want to write and you don't have any ideas.
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It's not a myth FOR YOU. And that's good. But when I talk with others that want to write a book, but then complain they don't have an idea, well THEY are stuck in the myth. They won't come to the computer UNTIL they have an idea. That's the myth.
Even if you don't have an idea, just start writing.
I'll check out PiBoldMo, I was unaware of that. Thanks.
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