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On Beginning a Story

April 4, 2017by John E. Brito 2 Comments

I have noticed that in stories I write, at the beginning, the protagonists are always running: Below the Floor (the fairytale book): A little fury kobold is running across the […]

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on writing
fairytale children's book illustration by John E. Brito

Horror Films and Fantasy Children`s Books – How does that fit together?

January 17, 2017by John E. Brito 16 Comments

Many of my friends give me strange looks when I tell them that I am into creating children`s books. Just in case you are new to this blog and are […]

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on writing

Business Consultants crushed my Fairytale Book

September 27, 2016by John E. Brito 14 Comments

Some weeks ago, I had some meetings with business consultants who I had asked to check my book project from a financial point of view (after having gotten valuable feedback […]

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Below the Floor, Life as an artist, On Self Publishing, on writing

Overcoming Writer’s Block

May 3, 2016by John E. Brito 12 Comments

A lot of times, I read about getting stuck during writing, or writer’s block. To be honest, this is something I rarely experience, because once I start writing a story […]

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on writing

Lessons Learnt from Creating a First Children’s Book – III

March 25, 2016by John E. Brito 1 Comment

As I am pushing forward with my children’s book project, I – in retrospect – keep making mistakes. Or putting it another way: Things I will do different next time. […]

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Below the Floor, Life as an artist, On Self Publishing, on writing, Uncategorized

Script Consulting Below the Floor

March 18, 2016by John E. Brito 4 Comments

As a returning reader you might know that I am pretty far down the road with my first children’s book, Below the Floor. I have incorporated most of the feedback […]

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Below the Floor, on writing
manuscript of the children's book fantasy fairytale Below the Floor by John E. Brito

Beta-Reading Below the Floor

March 1, 2016by John E. Brito 4 Comments

I sent out my manuscript of the fairytale story Below the Floor to some of my friends and asked them to give me honest feedback. Apart from me trusting them, […]

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Below the Floor, Children's Books, On Self Publishing, on writing
fairytale children's book Below the Floor by John E. Brito

Lessons Learned from Creating a First Children’s Book – II

January 19, 2016by John E. Brito 6 Comments

Starting last week, I wrote down some things I have learned by creating my first fairytale children’s book called Below the Floor. If you missed the first part of the […]

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Below the Floor, Children's Books, Life as an artist, On Self Publishing, on writing

Lessons Learned from Creating a First Children’s Book – I

January 12, 2016by John E. Brito 18 Comments

The Creation of the fairytale book Below the Floor is going well and as I mentioned in my last blog post, it is time to recap some of the lessons […]

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Below the Floor, Children's Books, Life as an artist, On Self Publishing, on writing
script for John E. Brito's fairytale children's book Below the Floor

How To Get To A First Draft

November 17, 2015by John E. Brito 11 Comments

Do you have a story in mind which one day you want to let grow into a script or manuscript, but you don’t know how to start? And you don’t […]

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