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Backgrounds

I love the idea of parchment style paper for the background of a fairy tale.  This

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Yelling and whispering

Writers sometimes make some of their words look special to make them sound a certain way

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Start by studying the story!

Every good designer wants to start by knowing WHAT they are designing.  In the case of

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Turning a real dog into a character

If you read The Next Story in The Waking Prince (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-waking-prince/id582084676?mt=8), you will know that Joble

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Fancy first letters

An initial capital or initial cap is when the  first letter on a page is bigger

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