How to Write a Book for Children: Do I Need an Illustrator?

[alienatedender]

im an artist and if i wrote a childrens book i would not trust any artist to TRY to draw out my vision.

[momofnumber7]

The information you suggested about illustration was great! I am an artist but I do not do illustration and now will not try right now for a story idea my husband and I have. I am a Teacher for 5 year + and Have a great Idea for a story and I need to get it down on paper and not sure where to start. Do you have any suggestions?

[storyb4bed]

Thank you for the information. I am new to Youtube but had an idea for a story so have created a short animation to portray my idea here, although I am not an artist I think it does the job for Youtube. Would you mind taking a look at my upload and give me some critical feedback on the story itself? I would really appreciate it. It is just over 3 minutes long.

[starlastarlove]

thanks for this, very helpful. Tho i am an artist and a writer, i plan to give writing a Children's book a go and do both the writing and art myself. I would think that as long as you can draw well and both go together well, it wouldn't be a bad idea to do it that way would it? x thanks

[litlmich]

Hi, thanks for this vid!

Quick question. Is your answer the same if you are submitting a middle school nonfiction 'how to' book? Is this the exception to the rule, in that publishers do expect this kind of book to be accompanied by placeholder photographs or illustrations?

Thank you!

[moonyprongs]

thanks a lot for posting this. it finally answered my question.

[ebbo5150]

thank you. This info. is Great!

[veggiet2009]

or you self publish, which in todays internet culture may be the way to go. This does not mean the illustration doesn't have to meet or exceed the quality of other books on the market, but it does open the market to many authors and artists who might otherwise go unpublished... is this a fair deduction?

[greatillustrator1]

If you self publish you need to get a freelance illustrator

[marina668]

Can you give me some information about how to become one of those illustrators? I　really want to know the way to get there! Thanks!!

[DaCreativeBeast]

Jon this is what I've been telling authors. They need to see this badly.