How I wrote this book #art #drawing #characterdesign

When I first wrote this book, it was about a mile-high stack of pancakes. But then when I had the idea to add alliteration, the story of Pancake, Pennsylvania started to come together. It would be about a place at the peak of the Poconos where people were obsessed with pancakes. Pancake ping-pong paddles, pools of syrup. It's all people thought about. Pancakes. Lifting, paragliding, sliding. To stay warm at night, they just use blankets. Then I thought it should be competitive with 3 pancake eaters: Preston, Penny, and Peter. Preston came from a line of prolific eaters. Penny could eat more pancakes than you, and Peter swam in pancake batter. This part of the book is a nod to the Buffalo Bills' greatest comeback game. It has nothing to do with pancakes, but I needed to add it in there. Instead of competing, the three pancake eaters pushed the pancakes over into the crowd, and it became a greater story than if they actually competed. The eaters dreamed of pancakes, and souvenirs were put on shelves, and parades filled the street to celebrate the pancake eating game.