reading festival presentation
TRANSCRIPT
Ötzi
How did I become an author ?
When I was a lad…Keep a diary
Teaching and beyond….
Book for teachersThe GuardianBBCGoogleJournals iGCSE Textbook
1991 - Alps
Discovery• Walking• Melting ice…• Climate Change…
Manuscript – first draft
• Feedback from editors… always accept their comments…
• Page plan • Narrative arc • Drawing in reader• Word count• Images: permission from museum…
Reading
2 sections….
a) Discovery of the body (fact)
b) Some of the thinking about his death… (fiction)
Science – over 20 years…Tattoos
• 3 D Scan: http://iceman.eurac.edu/
Editing and refining
• 3 drafts with comments• Picture editors choosing images…• Proof-reading – 3 different people reading…
Reconstruction And the work
goes on….
Just last week…
Publication
Sales
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - over 40 million copies sold
• ‘The Ice Man’ – over 2 000 copies sold…
Next book(s)Extreme Survival – Collinsdigitalearth – eBook in Europenew GCSE Geography textbook – joint author
Questions