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It's fun to be an Author. Come join the fun!

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Day 1 - Research about your city

Tools         : Book, Pencil, laptop.
Research :
  • Talk to your parents about the city
  • Talk to your friends, classmates, neighbors about what you are doing and collect information about the city.
  • Every city has a website, and read about your city in the website.
  • Check tripadvisor.com, yelp.com 
Work         :
  • Collect and write down 11 things about your city.
  • Yes, do take some picture with your phone.

Day 2 - Create the manuscript

Tools  : Laptop ( With google docs or Word ). Adobe InDesign 

What is a manuscript ? 
A rough draft of your book before it is published is called a manuscript. In olden days people used to write it on leaves, later paper and now it is all digital. I used google docs for creating my manuscript. 

Is there a Template
Here is a template you can use for your manuscript. Some common topics for every city includes ( Library, Farmers Market, Places to Visit, city logo/flag, City history )

What is in a book ?
The minimum number of pages in a book for amazon is 24 pages. Here is how I laid out,
  • One page for Introduction and title
  • Eleven coloring pages
  • Eleven pages for description of the coloring
  • one page for Conclusion / acknowledgements. ( Make sure to thank the people who helped you in writing this book )

What is publishing or publisher?
The company which helps to print your book is called the publisher. 

​Day 3 - Creating coloring pages with Photoshop and canva

Tools : Photoshop, canva.com 
  • Take a picture of the place of interest and use photoshop to convert to a Pencil art.
  • Some time there might not be a picture, just start with a blank page canva.com to generate a coloring page.
Step # 1 Photoshop ( Optional )

​- Use this video to convert a picture to pencil art.
​Step # 2 Canva.com

​- Watch this video on how to create a drawing.
​Step # 3 Use photoshop to create the pictures.

Day 4 - Adobe Indesign

Tools : Adobe Indesign
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Use Adobe Indesign to create a book which is 24 pages and convert to pdf for publishing.

Day 5 - Review, edit and Publish

Tools : Your family and Friends.
- Send a copy of your pdf to your friends or if you are at home, take a printout of your first book and send it for review.
- Assuming you are like me who loves coloring, color your first book.

Publish
- Login to amazon.com

Day 6 - Gift

- Tools : Gmail
- If you do not have a gmail, ask your parent / guardian to create a kids gmail. 
- Send a mail to your City Mayor there is a template below.
- Send a cop of the books to friends, family.
- Lastly don't forget to celebrate all the hard work.
- Please send in your name/details so we can list your name in the chapters at www.enheduana.org 
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Dear Mayor,
I First Name, Last name in grade X at School Name, City Name. We want to thank you for the great service you are providing to our city. 

Day 7 - Celebrate

Congratulations on becoming an Author! Great job.
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Don't forget to celebrate your wins with friends and family! 

Things to know about coloring and art

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