Age-aware drafts
Language and length chosen for the reader who will actually sit with the book.
- Barnes & Noble
- Apple Books
- Amazon
- Kobo
- IngramSpark
- Google Books
For young readers
Written for the voice that will say it.
Picture books and young stories fail when they are written like shorter adult books. The rhythm has to survive being spoken. The plot has to turn where the page turns. Greenwood writers draft with that constraint in mind, and our illustrators can join once the text is stable.
You may already have a character or a bedtime story your family knows by heart. We shape that material into a manuscript with a real structure, then, if you want, into a fully illustrated book ready for print.
Included
What this service covers.
Read-aloud rhythm
Sentences tested for the voice of a parent, a teacher, or a child.
Art direction
A path into original illustration when the story needs pictures.
A printable book
Formatting for picture-book spreads, not a novel squeezed into squares.
A good fit
Who this is for
- A family story that deserves a real book
- Educators with a tale that teaches without lecturing
- Authors who can see the pictures but not the sentences
How it moves
The tale
We find the one story, the age, and the feeling it should leave.
The text
A manuscript paced for page turns.
The pictures, if needed
Illustration and design continue in the same studio.
The house
Write, edit, illustrate, publish, and market.
Write
A manuscript in the author’s voice.
Edit
Structure, line, and a final proof.
Illustrate
Original art drawn for these pages.
Publish
Print and ebook, ready for the shelf.
Market
A plan so the right reader can find it.
The shelf
Books, as they leave a studio.
Fiction, memoir, faith, and children’s books. Covers built to be held, not only uploaded.
Questions
On this service
Do you illustrate as well as write?
Yes. Illustration is its own service, and the two can be scoped together.
Can you work from a story I tell badly?
Yes. That is the usual beginning. We ask questions until the story is clear.
Next
If it cannot be read aloud, it is not finished.
Tell us where the project stands. We will answer with the next practical step.