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The summer writing intensive officially marked the
transition of the book project from a classroom-based
/ student-teacher model to a workshop-based / business
model. In other words, the emphasis switched from learning
to actual production. |
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For the month of June, the students and editors met
all day, 5 days a week, in the seminar space at the
Katherine Anne Porter House in Kyle Texas. |
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The first week was devoted to making a plan and getting
organized. Most importantly, the students completed
the story outline that they began in May. |
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At the end of the first week, the students divided
into three groups. THE STORY DEVELOPERS were responsible
for mapping out the story scene by scene. These outlines
were written on large (2' x 3') post-it notes and hung
on the walls and windows of the room. The WRITERS were
responsible for writing the actual text of the book.
They referred to the story map detailed by the story
developers. The ILLUSTRATORS were responsible for drawing
pictures for the book. They came up with a rough list
of the pictures they would need, and divided up the
work. |
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As the WRITERS and ILLUSTRATORS completed text and
images, they submitted their work to the EDITORS who
typed and edited the text and scanned-in the illustrations.
The editors then made a mockup of the book using layout
software. Thus, students would be able to see the integrated
results of their work they day after they had generated
it. |
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