Which of your many wonderful books could be a metaphor for your process or journey as an author/illustrator?Īntoinette: Most of my books are about aspects of the creative process as I experience them. I make many, many versions of each dummy. Once the text seems to work, I storyboard it to work out the pagination and composition and then a make a full-size dummy. Sometimes I sketch a character or a scene while I’m still writing-kind of a key image that cements the mood of the book for me. Endings are hard! I’m good at coming up with ideas that are all middle. If I can’t come up with a beginning, middle and end, then an idea is probably not worth pursuing. As an author/illustrator–which comes first: thumbnails and quick-sketches or a rough draft of text?Īntoinette: I usually start with text. Thank you Antoinette, for the fun and informative interview! Portis takes word-play to new heights–to the delight of children and adult readers alike–and I am in awe of her ability to make every word count. KINDERGARTEN DIARY, plus two forthcoming titles, NOT A STICK, A PENGUIN STORY (also chosen as a NYT Best Illustrated Book), NYT Best Illustrated Book and a 2007 Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor Book, Her amazing books include WAIT! as well as Portis and her editor Neal Porter–of Neal Porter Books–Roaring Brook/Macmillan
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