Themes and scenes

Before trying to rewrite the story by adding or subtracting words or sentences I thought it might be useful to write down what themes, emotions, words or ideas came to mind for each double spread. In hindsight this exercise is something that perhaps should have been done prior to any thumbnails or at least before the first dummy version was created. I think this way because I realise that I am already influenced by the work I have previously done for each spread. Carrying out this exercise earlier may have lead to different results with both textual and visual elements of the story. Although changes can be made at any time to either which is what I like about being both author and illustrator. The notes taken from this exercise are shown below.