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Here are the skeletal bones that underlie a drafted picture book manuscript. I used them to try and balance action into a beginning, middle and end. Every story needs strong bones, even a picture book.

Title

2/3       (Reserved for the dedication/copyright)

4/5       (Pages 4-11 are the setup)

6/7

8/9

10/11

12/13

14/15

16/17

18/19       (Center point/dark night of the soul)

20/21

22/23

24/25

26/27   (Pages 26-31 are the resolution)

28/29

30/31

32        (Realization, achieves goal, learns, celebrates, jokes, or waves goodbye)