097 - Winning with Wordplay with Julie Hedlund

About this episode

Julie Hedlund discusses the importance of wordplay in writing and how it can enhance audience engagement.

Our own wordplay warrior, Julie Hedlund, gave a stupendous workshop encouraging us to have fun with our writing by turning it into play. Today, we share a snippet of that presentation where Julie reveals what wordplay is, where it can be used effectively, and how to use it to make your audience feel smart. Remember, you can purchase lifetime access to any past Summit Superstar Presentation or Workshop, including this one, at picturebooksummit.freshlearn.com .

People in this episode

Host: Picture Book Summit

Guest: Julie Hedlund

Topics covered

• wordplay
• writing
• creativity
• audience engagement
• workshop

Keywords

• wordplay
• writing workshop
• creative writing
• audience
• fun writing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Picture Book Summit

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