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Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Chapbook: Planning

 

This is the plan for my writing, I will answer the questions below to assist me in finalising and visualising what my final book will be. 

What is your final idea? Please explain in two sentences the theme and the form your writing will take.

My final ideas is to create a story on the theme of change.  The form it will take will be prose probably three chapters of a larger story.

Considering the form, how do you intend to layout your book pages?

I will be using conventional book chapters and will also use images to illustrate the text. 

How many pages do you expect there will be?

My book will be between 30-40 pages (no longer) 

Are you going to use images? Are these your own images (illustrations/photographs) or copyright free images that you will source?

Yes I will be using my own photos and I will also be soucing copyright free images to illustrate my text. All artists will be credited in the final work 

What is the plan of your time and how much you will need to spend on this?
Remember writing is something that you will need time and concentration without disturbance - you must make sure that you plan time to do this.

Week One - Sat/Sun - Initial structure of the work and plan for the three chapters.  Aim to complete first draft of chapter One

Week Two - Sat/Sun - Draft chapters two and three

Week Three - Edit and proofread and redraft all chapters 

What do you imagine the final book will look like?

Will be A5 or slightly larger depending on Blurb sizes.  I may choose a square format rather than rectangular as this will be different from previous books and may make it more interesting as I will be buying a physical copy.

Have you considered the cover page/contents page/back cover with blurb?

  • Cover Page we will be designing in class/ however I will draft out ideas once I have started the writing
  • Contents Page - I will include a contents page for my three chapters
  • Back cover I will want to illustrate with an uimage and I do want the blurb on the back in the conventions of a book
Drafting and redrafting will need to be done? Who would you get to proofread your work?

Will ask a colleague of my partner to proofread after my final checks to ensure there are no mistakes before publication.

Write down any other thoughts or comments related to your plan on your blog post.

For this book I will need to be strict about the time taken over the weekend so I will put aside 3 hours to make sure I have a long length of time and then I will review later that day or on Sunday evening and spend another hour on review and structure/layout.  

I will also need to research which I will try to do during the week so I have this at hand when I am writing.



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