Wordless books, however, offer their own challenges. MP: Oh, every book is definitely different. At that point, it is up to each reader to form their own relationship with the story and take from it what they will! Q: Was it a more challenging experience to create a wordless book than text books or is every book different, period? MP: I wrote the story as I see it, but, once I put a book out into the world, it is no longer mine. In the end, though, I decided it didn’t! Q: Is there a specific storyline and conclusion to The Girl and the Bicycle that you hope the reader gets or is it a bit open-ended in your opinion? I was open to adding words, if I thought the story needed it. I focused on how the girl was feeling on each page of the book and tried to show it in her expressions. When I went to add words, I discovered that they didn’t need any! Q: Was there ever text or narration in your head for The Girl and the Bicycle or did it always perform silently? When I wrote The Boy and the Airplane and The Girl and the Bicycle, I wrote them first with pictures. After that, I often wrote first with no words and then added words as needed. He said, try writing without words for a week. I couldn’t imagine how a person could write a wordless comic strip and I asked him about it. At one point, A friend of mine, Mark Tatulli, created a new comic strip called Lio that was entirely wordless. Mark Pett: I had a syndicated comic strip for many years.
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