My Pitch

As part of our project, we had to produce a presentation to pitch our FMP ideas.

Notes of feedback was about the detail of my book: like the story, characters, etc. At this point in time I wanted a 'blank' character that all children could relate to. One note made was the gender of the character. Would it be obvious? I had decided my character to be a girl, but be simplistic. An additional note was how were boys going to relate or like the character?

It made me think about a lot, but I decided not to change the character, but give her a name and identity that isn't classed as too 'girly'. Instead, I also made sure the colour scheme was simple, and Ruri (my character) didn't dress up in too much pink or purple.

Another bit of feedback was timing. At that point, I had no illustrations or words written for this book. However, I had Easter holiday to come and no other priorities. This helped a lot, and I found days where I would just try out new styles and character concepts. By the end of the holidays, I had all the illustrations I needed, and a couple of stories.