Greg Pincus

Write a poem. Work with clay. Draw or paint a day away. Knit or dance. Make a song. Film a movie all night long. Use your hands, Brain and heart. Live! Create! Go make some art. #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #art #create!

@WriterSideUp I sent you a DM here on XTwitterThing....

@gregpincus Hi, Greg! No #KidLitChat tonight? Looks like everyone's been busy lately? :/

TOPIC: How do you use dialogue to shape your characters? Your plot? How do you maintain the balance between dialogue and narration? #kidlitchat

TOPIC: What are the tools you use for the business side of the kidlit business? How do you track submissions or expenses or who is where or school visits or or or? Share your tips and tools and questions! #kidlitchat

TOPIC: Character development--where does it come in your process? How do you create fully-realized characters? Does *every* character need to be fully realized? Share your thoughts, tips, and fave resources.... #kidlitchat

@Aimee_SanG @kidlitchat How DARE they?! #kidlitchat

@gregpincus @kidlitchat I’ve found I become frustrated by spending time on outlines when the plot NEVER turns out the way I planned. Obstreperous characters! #kidlitchat

TOPIC: So . . . the age-old question: are you a plotter or a pantser--a step-by-step process-follower, or a free spirit? (Or a little of both?) How do you manage your creativity when it comes to producing the work? #kidlitchat

@crissachappell They are inseparable, though I am not entirely sure they're the same thing in my head.... #kidlitchat

I used to think that plot / character = two different things. But…plot IS character (specifically, the bad choices the protagonist makes that turn into cause and effect). #kidlitchat

@Aimee_SanG @kidlitchat Do you find this is true even if you've tried to outline? #kidlitchat Or do you not even try at this point?

@kidlitchat I have always been a pantser. Not always a smooth pathway to go where cantankerous characters lead! #kidlitchat

TOPIC: So . . . the age-old question: are you a plotter or a pantser--a step-by-step process-follower, or a free spirit? (Or a little of both?) How do you manage your creativity when it comes to producing the work? #kidlitchat

@_chandaferguson @nighttimesixty @BonnieAdamson Yes, interlibrary loan is a winner for this! #kidlitchat

@gregpincus @nighttimesixty @BonnieAdamson I’m so grateful I work in a library system with an interlibrary loan system now to help with that! 😅 My TBR is endless now.

BTW, for those still here, please know that #kidlitchat is also happening over on that blue place. the sky one. when/if you get there, you'll find it.

@_chandaferguson @nighttimesixty @BonnieAdamson This particular #kidlitchat topic is good for libraries and bad for wallets :-)

@nighttimesixty @BonnieAdamson Adding all of these to my TBR! #kidlitchat

@maureeneganva Yeah, it's a fiiiiiine read. #Kidlitchat

TOPIC: What are you reading now? What's on your TBR pile? (We know there's a pile . . .) Share your current and soon-to-be favorites! #kidlitchat

Well, it being Tuesday and all that... #kidlitchat coming up here in 3 minutes!

@DonkeyTalking Agreed. And I never could’ve said it as well as you….

@gregpincus Don't constantly compare yourself to others.

TOPIC: What's the best advice you've ever received (or read, or heard) regarding the nature of the business, the creative life, or any other aspect of your #kidlit career? #kidlitchat

@elaynecrain @KatBrzozowski @FeiwelFriends @mccarthylit @john_ledda_art @AnaCrespoBooks This is, indeed, wonderful news! Congrats!!!!!!

🎉Thrilled to share this news! 🤏🤏 Unending gratitude to editor @KatBrzozowski, @FeiwelFriends, my intrepid agent @mccarthylit, and my spirit twin @john_ledda_art (w/ @AnaCrespoBooks) for this dream come true! 🎉 I hope kids laugh hard--and fall hard--for this story! (🧵...)

@KatApel @inkyelbows We are still here, but have slowwwwwwly drifted to little. (And I would say yes in answer to the fave question. As of now, anyway!)

@inkyelbows Oh!!! You mean #kidlitchat is still lively - but just not on Twitter? If I adopt a new platform, I want; 1) one option 2) like the original Twitter (easy to learn) 3) with lots of lovely kidlit peeps. (Creators, Industry, educators, readers) Would this be your fave?

Sure, we're gonna #kidlitchat here again tonight. Still free and easy, I tell ya. 6 minutes away at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific!

Thanks, y'all, for jumping into another #kidlitchat. We're crafty people, clearly. Here's to good craft in the week ahead... and see you here soooooooon!