SCBWIEPA Pocono Highlights #2: Get into Character by Kim Briggs

Hi one and all! I wrote this letter to Alison, my Ink Sister, over at our blog: INKSistersWrite. I thought I’d share it here, because it’s all about the Pocono Retreat!

Dear Alison,

I am a closet illustrator. I admire illustrators’ ability to capture a moment, a feeling, a thought, an action in a single illustration. I even went to Zachariah OHora’s Illustrator Session (I’ll talk about that session another time) in hopes that I could glean some of his creative genius. I was so inspired I decided to create a post through pictures.

So here goes…

The Pocono Retreat 2016 was all about character and we kicked off the weekend Friday night with a costume party…

Willowdean, Bellatrix and Max Quacks, Ducktective AKA Alison, Kim, and Donna (Dedicated SCBWIEPA Regional Advisor Team)

Opal from Because of Winn-Dixie AKA Susan North

 

Belle AKA Phoebe AKA Author Isabel Bandeira and Val Jones, Author of Who Wants Broccoli

 

Dana Kramaroff

 

Sophie from Sophie’s Squash AKA Virginia Law Manning

 

Strider from Lord of the Rings AKA Wes Loder

Sophie from Sophie’s Masterpiece  AKA Chrissa Pederson

 

Harold’s Purple Crayon AKA Andree Santini

Another Harold’s Purple Crayon AKA Erik Ammon

 

Harriet the Spy AKA Meg Medina

Effie Trinket AKA Lindsay Bandy

Horrible Bear!! AKA Ame Dyckman

Buzzing around with Julia Rix

Erszi Deak as Dog

Oh, there’s that Belle again or is it Phoebe dressed as Belle? Author Isabel Bandeira

Bellatrix and Effie find compromise (Wow, Bellatrix is a camera hog)

Bellatrix and Sophie

 

Max Quacks, Ducktective ready to Quack your case!!

Willowdean, Max Quacks, and Bellatrix (AGAIN)

So Alison, Friday night it really was ALL about Character. Some perhaps bigger characters than others…not naming any names…

Sharing the writing love one letter at a time,

Kim Briggs, Co-RA Eastern PA SCBWI

AKA Bellatrix

AKA Camera Hog

AKA Death Eater Tattoo Artist

AKA Sharpie Tattoo Artist Available for Hire (See Sample Below)