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« on: August 17, 2010, 12:36:31 PM »
I am going back and forth on two ideas.  I would love some input from those of you who did a book for this assignment.  I am waffling between a nonfiction picture book and creating a dummy and an early reader nonfiction and doing an outline.

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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2010, 12:55:41 PM »
Alice:  I did a book for assignment 10.  What type of input are you looking for?

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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2010, 01:49:57 PM »
Interesting.  What kind of a book did you do?  My thought is if I do a picture book it is a matter of writing the manuscript and having it critiqued.  If it is an outline for an early reader then it would be a back and forth again with my instructor correct?  I guess I am looking to make sure I understand the process of how to execute it properly.

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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2010, 03:48:16 PM »
If I remember correctly...if you do a picture book type for 10 you get to do 2 or 3 of them.  Basically get them ready to submit out.  If you do the book book, novel length, you do an outline, then the first 3 chapters and have them reviewed and critiqued and a basic story line review.  I guess for this option you need to decide what do you want to write the most?  Picture books or longer?
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2010, 02:47:26 PM »
Hello all,

Thank you for your input everyone.  Can you really submit more than one picture book?  I can't find anything about that in the manual.

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« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2010, 10:39:25 AM »
Just bumping this up to see if anyone has the answer to Alice's question. Unfortunately, I don't still have my basic course manual. So, if you choose to send in a picture book, do you send in one or more than one for assignment 10?

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« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2010, 07:12:51 PM »
As far as I know, you can only do ONE thing for Assignment 10 -- one novel synops/chapters -- one chapter book synops/chapters -- one picture book manuscript -- one nonfiction article -- or one short story. But just one.
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