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Weekend Tally for Our Crash Course

Attendees of last weekend’s workshop Everything You Need to Know About Children’s Book Publishing: A Crash Course had nothing but rave reviews! Here’s a quick tally of the weekend:

1 Tour of Highlights and Boyds Mills Press

2 Walks in the woods

3 Illustrators sharing their art and story ideas

4 Teachers – from Alaska, New York, Texas and Massachusetts

5 S’s of story structure according to Lindsay Barrett George: Set-up, Spark, Struggle, Summit, Solution

6 Faculty – Harold Underdown, Jo Knowles, Bobbie Combs, Allison Kane, Marie O’Neill and Lindsay Barrett George

7 Writers furiously taking notes

8 Late-nighters, fireside, eating s’mores

9 Fabulous meals

10 States represented: NY, MD, VT, PA, AK, MA, CO, LA, TX, NJ

11 Mini snacks consumed per student, per day (Kit Kats, Snickers and Reese’s Cups)

12 Workshop sessions

21 Individual one-on-one sessions

You can join in the fun next time! Find out more about Everything You Need to Know About Children’s Publishing: A Crash Course.

Posted on: March 24, 2016

Tags: crash course, Highlights Foundation, The Experience