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In the past few weeks, I've surged forward on a small, but challenging piece of writing. It has been SO much fun to put together that I've lost track of time, staying up past midnight a couple of nights.
My approach was different than it has been in the past. Instead of writing the picture book then fitting it into the
format, I designed it with the layout in mind. Huge difference. I definitely think this is the way to go.
It also helped immensely to be able to see what it would look like. That old cut and paste the manuscript process was not for me--too inefficient and slow. I started by making a little booklet and writing the story in it. Then I had more revisions. The thought of making more booklets and writing the whole thing again and again was not at all appealing. I'm really pleased that I finally devised a way to make a typed book of my manuscript relatively quickly. It helped me see the page turns and it also gave me a better perspective as far as age level, wordiness, balance, and where it fell flat.
These photographs represent my "reflection collection." All were taken at Bolton Lake.
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