Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the GA Peach Author Tour. Authors S.R. Johannes, Jennifer Jabaley, and Vicky Alvear Schecter joined us to share ideas about writing and their experiences as professional authors of tween and young adult fiction and non-fiction literature. We learned so much. In this blog post, comment on either your favorite aspect of the tour or a technique that you learned and can add to your writer’s toolbox.
We went into Mrs. Pearce's room and the author had us make a outline of a story. Basicly, what we did was make a story in 5 minutes. First we wrote who the story was going to be about, next we wrote about how they look, the family, the family's issue, the problem, their goal, and how they want to reach the goal, and WA-LA!
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During the author tour i really enjoyed S.R. Johannes. when we all split up, i was with her. i loved the technique she used in her books; ending a short chapter at a mini climax! i am writing a story and i found this technique very useful and helpful. i hope that one day i will get a book published just like her!!! :D
ReplyDeleteWhen the authors came I learned how to write suspense with Jennifer Jabaley. It was afun skill to learn and now I know how to write it correctly.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed having the authors over here. One technique i learned from S.R. Johannes was that in a thriller, you don`t have to have it all action packed. To make a well devoloped thriller you need to add tension and other elements as well. My favorite part of the tour was when they told us how they wrote their books, about the covers, and titles. Having the authors over was very fun.
ReplyDeletein the authors visit i did learn a lot. i ve learned what authors really go through to publish. i never would have thought that it would take so long to write a book alone. also, i was amazed how must rejection you sometimes have to go through to finally publish a book.
ReplyDeleteDuring the GA Peach Author Tour, I learned many writing aspects from all of the writers. What I learned from Ms. S.R Johannes, was that there are ways to create a thriller novel. Some of the ways include: Cutting off chapters, Don't make it ALL about action, and have twists that involved and create suspense for the reader. From Ms. Jennifer Jabaley, I learned that once you find an interesting idea to write on, Go for it and stay open minded to think outside the box. And finally, I leaned from Ms. Vicky Alvear Schecter was that you can take something that interests you (In her case, S.S) you can build off of it to make some incredible books! So overall, the tour was great and I learned a little something from each of the authors to advance and richen my writing pieces.
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the best thing i learned was how to characterize characters in just a few minutes. we did examples of this in 5 minutes and the characters were very good.i learned alot during their visit.
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I really enjoyed having the authors come and visit. My favorite part was getting to hear how writers make books. I did not know that it can take years for books to become published.
ReplyDeleteA writing technique that I learned and that I can use is suspense. Suspense can keep the reader interested in the book and wanting to find out what happens. I also learned that in each chapter of a book it is good to have an exciting event, then at the end of the chapter have the character find a way to resolve the problem that occured in that chapter.
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A technique I learned was to go where the reader doesn't expect you to go. If your character is hanging off a cliff and your thinking of using someone to pull them up, do the opposite. Instead make the person unable to pull them up and let them fall to their death.
ReplyDeleteWell I had Jennifer Jabaley as my teacher in the break out session. The session was very educational. We learned with Mr. Jennifer how to write suspense. You have to make the reader curious. A good way to build suspense is with the Inhale/Exhale technique in each chapter. With the inhale you establish the character’s motive and the consequence. With the exhale it is the result of the inhale. This is where the character thinks about what has happened. This cycle continues for a really long time and you have yourself a nice novel full of suspense.
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I learned that creating a character is simple if you have some basic components, and it can easily set up a good story. You need a physical description, a description of their personalities and a descripton of a conflict they are facing. KK
ReplyDeleteWell their were many things that I liked about thwe author tour.my favorite alspect was hearing about books that i have never even though of reading. Like the book On The Bright Side, I feel like that would be a great book to read, because the was S.R. Johannes exploaned it sounds great. Lipstix Apology is also a great book because I love the feeling of reading love stories. Also the book Cush Control, I feel that I would enjoy reading. It also would be cool to read Cleopatra's Moon, because i take a year long Latin class and we are learning about Pompeii. I can't wait to read these books.
ReplyDeleteon the day of October 31st, on Halloween, the students of NGMS Team 21 were very excited. Why? Well, it was not only the because we were going to recieve bags of candy when we would to go trick-or-treating; it was also because three Georgia authors: S.R. Johannes, Jennifer Jabaley, and Vicky Alvear Schecter were going to visit our school! I was very excited to hear them speak, and I was definitely not disappointed. My favorite aspect of the Georgia Peach Author Tour (that was the formal name of the visit) was when I got to hear the authors' stories of writing, and creating books. I was quite amazed when I heard that all 3 (even though Vicky Alvear Schecter went to college for literature, she really had no previous experience in writing, except personal musings) had absolutely no experience in writing! They had simply read a lot! This was a big inspiration for me, being quite the avid reader. I have always had the yearning to publish a book of mine, to share my story with others, and the probability of me doing so has just risen ever since these 3 authors came to visit. I really enjoyed the GA Peach Author Tour, which was not only just a lecture, but more like a conversation; with humor, and honesty. I would have no hesititaion if I were to see something like this again.
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I was really great! I learning how to write thrillers, by using page-to-page action with it! I think by taking from their personal experience, I have become a better writer! I really liked the part where they were giving advice on how they formulated ideas with activity around them! I never thought that's the REAL way they figure ideas for their book! They tell to pay attention to the world, and look for any peculiar detail. It's interesting how they shared their ways on how they became a writer! I really enjoyed the Author Visitation Day!
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My favorite aspect of the tour was learning new ways to increase my writing potential. I learned about how to add suspense to a writing piece in order to fully ingage readers into the story.All you needed was a little "misfortune" to occur to a character in the story in order to keep the reader wanting to continue on to see, "What will they do?" "What are the consequences?" "What will happen if they don't?" Also, Jennifer Jabaley showed some of us how to create a wll-thoughtout character, and a basic plot, in merely five minutes. It was amazing to see that all you needed for basic writing was a name, age, house, want, problem, and motivation, plus some time to think. Ms. Jabaley even let us do a few examples of how to keep the story going through twists and turns throughtout the plot. all in all, it was a very intiguing day with authors who had different stles, tases, and elements in their work.
ReplyDeleteOn the GA author tour, I especially loved when we spent the one on one time with the authors. I was in Vicky Alvear Schecter's class and truly enjoyed what we discussed.
ReplyDeleteWe talked not only about the key of suspense, but learned about gruesum historical fiction like Cleopatra's life and the process of mumification!
Thank you to all three authors that came and shared with us!
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The Georgia Peach authors tour was a really great experience for me because (1) I got to meet authors and (2) I was able to learn a lot of writing techniques and tactics. It was really great to know that I can create a storyline and well developed characters from just thinking about a couple of easily answered questions! I thought that, overall, it was a great thing to do.
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As a young author, I really enjoyed many things about this Author Tour.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I liked most was learning how I could make my book more adventurous and exciting. S. R. Johannes was very thourough with describing to us how to create a page turner.
One technique is to cut to another chapter right in the middle of a lot of action. Let's say, I've written something like this:
I found myself running, faster and faster, through the forest with every stride of my long legs. I held my hands out in front of me, trying to keep the branches and leaves from smacking me in the face.
I stopped for a minute to make my next decision on where to go.
That's when I heard another pair of feet running behind me.
What I just did was cut in the middle of action and left suspense. You want to know what happens next, right? Exactly my point.
I want to give a big thanks to S. R. Johannes once again. She has made me a better writer and i really enjoyed her advice and personality. Thank you!!!!!
Also, I would like to thank Jennifer Jabaley and Vicky Alvear Schecter for coming in as well. I learned a lot from them and really liked having some published artists come in to share thier stories and advice.
Thank you so much!!!
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Hey Yall! The that the GA Peach Author Tour wAs sooo much fun! It was really special because u got to learn more about what it was like to be a published author. I didnt realize how long it would take and how many times i could really get rejected. I was thinking; Oh! I will just right a book and get it published. No Biggie! No sweat! But now I realize just how hard it can be. And I also realize that u dont get much say in the illustrations for the cover. I have read many-a-books where i was like: did the illustratoreven read the book? Now i realize that No they did not actually read the book before hand. Huh. The lady that my group got to listen to for the writer's workshop was Ms. Vicky Alvear Shecter. it was amazing to see just how much she actually new about history1 She is writing a new book on POMPEI! COOLIOSIS HUH??? Well I gtg! BAI! ily yall!
ReplyDeleteLast week on halloween we had the Georgia Peach authors come in and talk to us about thier history and their experience of creating,developing,and getting thier book published.I learned that it takes a year to make a book and if you want your book to be a movie you have to give up your movie rights and it might not even be a movie. :D
ReplyDeleteI loved the Gorgia Peach Author tour it was lotsb of fun. My favorite Authoer was S.R. Johannes and luckily that was the author I got to do the how to write session with. I got to hear about lots of new books like Untraceable, Cleopatra's Moon, On The Bright Side, and Lipstick Apology. I really want to read On The Bright Side it sounded like a really good book.
ReplyDeleteI loved how lipstick apology came from Jennifer Jabaley's mom calling her before the her plane took off saying "If the plane goes down!!!" that was really funny. I can't wait until i read their books my friends have already started reading their books. i am in the middle of another book so I am kind of rushing through so I can read their books.
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DeleteI think the Georgia Peach Author Tour was really fun! My favorite Author is Jennifer Jabaley, she is very fun and knows what a young kid likes to read! I also like S.R Johannes, even though im not a history person i think her books make history fun! The authors did a really good job and im thankful for them coming to talk to us! Thanks Mrs.Smith!
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I think the Georgia peach author tuor was really cool.I loved how nice and caring the Authors were, and how they werent in another world when they talked to us. My favorite author was probably Jennifer Jabaley. During the how to write better session or whatever you want to call it, I was put with Vicky Alvear Schecter. Altough she wasnt my favorite i loved hearing about the cool information she told us about her research about ancient history.Now im reading Cleopatras Moon, for my historical fiction book, and the Maximum ride series (BTW totally recamened both books especially Maximum Ride!)Definatley had a great time with the Authors though!!!!!!!!!! ST
ReplyDeleteI learned a lot! The three ladies were very helpful! I love reading so maybe I might write my own book one day! I enjoy all the drama! I did note that Ms. Shelley said that the beginning and the end are the easiest but the middle and the plot and deciding how it can conclude to your special ending is the hardest! I would love to write my own book! But, sadly, I was not blessed with patience haha! I would hate to wait a year for my book to be published! They were very encouraging and somewhat sad, because you will get turned down a little bit! When I grow up, I want to be a special education elementary teacher, so maybe while I'm teaching, i can write a book!
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ReplyDeletemy Favorite author was Jennifer Jabaley because she was young, and funny,and seemed like a really good author. When we had then wrting workshop we had the author who wrote Cleopatra's moon and she taught us so much about ancient history. She talked about how people got mumified, and how they preserved all of their internal organs. The author tour was really fun and i hope we can do it again soon.
ReplyDeleteThe GA Peach Author Tour was very interestiing. It taught me a lot of ways to write better. I liked all of the books that they had. It also taught me about the writing process, and the process of writing a book. I never knew that writing a book and publishing it took so long. It was a very exciting and informative day. W.S.
ReplyDeletei really injoyed the the GA author peach tour because the authors were nice and very imformative and the books they wrote sound interesting and i plan to read some of them
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They deffently gave a bunch of great adivce to us, but I liked how they said that you can get an idea from anywhere. I'm so glad that we got the oppertunity to meet these amazing authors.
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I thought the eauthor tour was very interesting, and I learned about lots of books they have written......some of the books at first seemed boring to me, but as they talked about it they seemed WAY more intersting!! I guess that saying is true DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!!! If i ahd to choose a favorite... well i dont really think i can choose i liked all of them!! it was a good experience!!
ReplyDeleteSome thing that i learned when the three authors came was the Egyptitian beliefs and each of the authors begining stories. A technique that i learned is to always go with your worst fear to make the story good.
ReplyDeletethank you for all you did last week i learned more abot cleopatra. the eqiptian secrets cool also the thing i laike the most was anubis he really interested me. you guys have made some amzing books .
ReplyDeleteIn the GA peach tour, I enjoyed it very much because i enjoy writing!My author (Vicky Alvear Schecter) was very to the point.She taught us how to have suspence since she does history books while adding fiction to the stories!~ She told us the different ways of writing that i didnt know we could do... for example writing the best part than backing up! Also ,from all the other authors i learned , books arent always the easist to write!It take a minimum of 1 year to write ONE book!Well i really enjoyed it
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well my favorite thing about the athur tour was the workshops. ans i was with vicky the one who worte cloepatas moon and we talked about supense. suopsense you can like stop like show the ending and the back up alittle to like two weeks ago. i learned that was good supense. also in that workshop we went off topic and learned about how to be mummifed it was very intersting????? also we learned alot about antienic history the workshop was very cool.
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The Georgia Peach Author Tour was very fun and informative. Ireally loved how the authors sat there and talked to us instead of showing the reagular...a powerpoint. My favorite part was when we dispersed into groups and talked to each indivisual author. I really learnt a lot about suspense and how to grab a reader into your piece. It was also kind of cool when mrs.Alvear Shecter talked to us about mummies and ancient life. Overall it was a fantastic experience!!!!
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I thought that the Georgia Peach Author tour was really good. I thought that it was really cool that there are so many ways to get ideas for writing a book. It was interesting that each of the 3 authors didn't go to college for language arts or writing but they are as successful as they are today. It made me interested in writing a book myself.
ReplyDeleteThe authors were very interesting. They are very good authors. They taught me how to write suspense and made me a better writer. I had a really good time and I would just like to say thanks to them for coming and teaching us more about writing.
ReplyDeletethe idea was cool and i thought that hearing from them was cool cause you dont get to do that. and the ladies were the same but different so cthey all are very good writers. the secion that we got from them was really cool cause we got how that writer get inpression
ReplyDeleteI think that the author tour was a great experience for everyone! This provided great advice for future references for writing and more. I learned a lot of good advice. For example, I learned that you can write about anything that happens, but you should rite about something that makes you exciting or something that you really want to write about. I also think that the writers set good examples for young soon to be writers. The books that they all write look like wonderful books. Lipstick Apology and Crush Control really grabbed my attention, and I really want to read them becasue they look like really amazing books to read. I think that by showing all of the students how to write and giving us tips was a great idea and really helped me with the ideas of what I could write about if I did write a book. Thank you Ms. Smith for letting them come and for future reference, this was great!!
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Hello! the author tour was alot of fun! My favorite part was when we split up and went with one author. The author teaching us wrote cleopatras moon. I liked how she taught us how the mummyfication happened in acent egypt! It was really facinating!! I liked all the acient stuff so much I am now reading her book and it is really great and you should read it to!
ReplyDeletei think the author tour was great it was good that each author wrote a different guanra . they apealed to me in different ways i hope we can do some thing like this again.
ReplyDeleteI loved the georgia Peach author tour it was very fun. I loved how they talked about there book and the procces which it takes to be an author or a writer. I think some of there stories were funny because it is weird how they got there ideas. I never thought that I would meet a real author. That was really cool. I think it is cool how they all love to write about diffrent things. They taught us how to write a book and how to set it up. I think writing a book might be fun besides how some people reject your book. Also I do not like to wait and if it takes themmore than a year and a half than I dont think I could be a writer.
ReplyDeleteJennifer JabaleY WAS MY FAVORITE author I think she or her books had some fun charecter. I do not usually like to read all the girly books about makeup or clothes but when she talked about lipstick apology I was wanting to read it. I think that it also sounded funny how the only thing a lady has to write with is lipstick. Dont mide me I dont want to be judge mental. I really thought that was a awesome way to start halloween off. Thanks Mrs. smith
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Last week when the Georgia Peach authors came, it was really fun. They talked to us about the process that it takes to write and publish a book. It was really interesting learning about their background and how they started writing. They shared their ideas and how they use real life scenarios to incorporate it in their book. I thought that it was really cool. I would love to read all of their books because they sounded creative. I didn't think that it took that long to get a book published. And, even when they gave it to the publishers, some of them rejected their books. That must have been hard to hear because when you spend so much time on something and think that you gave it your all, and then you get rejected. Overall, I thought that the GA Peach author tour was really fun! I hope that I can read all of their books!
ReplyDeleteThe georgia peach Authors were very informative. Tey taugth me suspence that day. =^_^= I don't remember anything but the egyption lady who liked to die from snake venum. They taught me important Life skills in writing. Im think about reading soem of there books. I enjoyed the author tour though except for the part that they made me wait. =^_^=.
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when the authers came to north gwinnett i was very excited to hear about what they had to say about their books. the author Vicki Alvear Shecter came with my class to Mrs. Beckwith's to talk about two historical books "Cleopatra's Moon" and "Cleoparta Rules". i was very interested in what she had to say about her two book, i also enjoyed learning a little history from her.
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The Georgia Peach Author Tour was really fun and I really enjoyed it. I liked it when we were all listening to the authors in the media center. When they talked about their books, I thought they sounded really interesting, and I can't wait to read them! I'm trying to finish the book I'm reading now so I can read their books! I learned a lot from the three authors. It was funny how Jennifer Jabaley told her story on how she got her idea on her book Lipstick Apology!I really enjoyed the Georgia Peach Author Tour! :D
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During the authors tour when we split up I went into Mrs. Beckwiths room andin that room was the author of Vicki Alvear Shecter. She taught us a lot of very interesting thing that would help us wirte stories. Like, how to go though the book when you know the ending and not give it away. And i never knew that the publishing process would take so long and have many steps to that process. Also, I learned that you can get your idea to write a book from anywhere in the world! I had a very good time finding out everything that the authors had to tell us!
ReplyDeletemy favorie part of the book was when the author came into the class rooms and told us about there book and how they got inspired. also i liked when they told us what the book was about and how the got inspired in there life to write it
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I really enjoyed the Georgia Peach Author Tour. I learned so many things from the authors. They explained how experiences lead to stories and later, the stories turn into a published book. The authors also told us about the books they created and they sounded really interesting! I can't wait to read their books!(:
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I loved the author peach tour. Just meeting these authors was exciting. But my favorite thing about the tour was the authors talking about their experiences and their journey to write these amazing books. Another thing that I liked about it was just learning about their books. I love books so now I have more to read. By the way I just finished the book Cleopatra’s moon and it blew me away. I was always on the edge of my seat. Each page holds something new. That was my favorite thing about the tour.
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The peach authors were a very interesting group of young ladies. When they were here it felt like I was in the world of writing. I learned many writing skills from them. I liked the book Cleopatra's Moon!!! It was the time of my life.
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The peach author tour was really fun. Vicky Alvear Schecter talked to my group and we learned about ancient history. I got inspired by how much ancient history she new and I thought it was really cool. My favorite though is when they told us how they got inspired to be authors.
ReplyDeleteLast week the Georgia Peach author tour was really fun. I got to meet some great authors and I learned a lot. Vicky Alvear Schecter talked to my group and she taught has a lot about writing fiction and ancient history. I never knew how cool all that stuff was until she got me interested. She taught great techniques on how to write non-fiction like how to get inspired. That was really fun to do!
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the georgia peach author tour was really fun. the authors were really nice and the books that they have written sound really interesting. we learned alot about the writting process and how to publish a book and stuff like that. i learned its alot of work to write a book but its worth it.
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ReplyDeleteI had to say that I already knew a lot of what was said of how to write suspense.I've read a lot of suspense stories, mostly adult. However, The charachter discription helped because I'm trying to write my own book.-S.T.
ReplyDeleteJENIIFER JABLEY was my favorite author and im going to read her book Lipstick. i liked having the georgia peach authors come here. we all learned new things about writeing books. now i have new writeing skills.
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My favorite part of the GA Peach Auther Tour was when we went back to Mrs.Pierce's room and we learned alot about different wrighting tequniqus. I liked making our own charictors. I also liked listening to how the authers got the ideas for their book.
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ReplyDeletethe georgia peach author tour was really fun. i loved getting to met all the writers. i also loved their stories on how they became a writer. i learned a lot when we went into the small groups as well. over all it was a great experience.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the last post i messed up. My favorite part was the charachter creation format. I actually thought some of the things we came up with were pretty funny. You know what i mean if you were in mrs pearces room for the suspense writing. Why did they have so many messed up familys though......
ReplyDeletei had a a fun time last week at the georgia peach author tour! i had alot of fun. i think it would be so cool to write a book. all the books seemed so interesting. i would love to read them all. we talked about suspense and after that we had fun and did charatorization. it was alot of fun i loved it!!!!!!!!! :)
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during the georgia author peach tour i learned how to create great characters and how to build a thrilling story. i really liked learning about them and i look forward to reading one of jeneifer jabalys books!
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I really liked seeing the authors and listening to them. I got really inspired to be a writer some day.I liked to see how they would teach us. My group had Jennifer Jabaley we learned about suspense and how to create a character outline. I thought it was fun.
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last week the georgia peach tour was really fun! I got to meet really nice authors. I learned great technique about how to make really great characters in only a few minutes and they have alot of detail.
ReplyDeleteit was a privilege to have the ga author tour to come to our school! we learned many new skills and acompleshments. this tour was alot of fun!
ReplyDeleteThe author that i was with was Jennifer Jabeley. I really enjoyed her writing techiniques. She told us how to make a book in just 5 minutes. It was hilirious at what my class came up with. She also told us about a technique she uses called Inhale and Exhale. I wish that we could switch authors so we could hear what they all had to see, but overall it was a really cool experience ! :D
ReplyDeleteThe GA Peach Author Tour is a good idea. I really enjoyed the characterization game that we played. Our characters were very interesting! Also, the things that I learned about suspense really change the way I look at writing. However, I would have liked it if we actually wrote something small individually during the tour and then could talk to the author about what we wrote.
ReplyDeleteLast week when the authors came to share their books. What I loved the most is that they shared their writing techniques with us. It seemes like "Lipstick Apology", is a very good book. I can't wait to read it. To sum it up, it was very exciting.
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The author that i was with was Jennifer Jabeley. I really enjoyed her writing techiniques. She told us how to make a book in just 5 minutes. It was hilirious at what my class came up with. She also told us about a technique she uses called Inhale and Exhale. I wish that we could switch authors so we could hear what they all had to see, but overall it was a really cool experience ! :D
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The Georgia Peach Author Tour was really fun. I learned a lot new writing techniques and styles. Jennifer Jabaley visited my group and had a lot of things to tell us. I took A LOT of notes (probably too many) and I plan to use them in anything i write. A tip! Try introducing a story in chapter one, then leave the reader hanging and wanting more. Then, in chapter two, start a new story- and later make them intercept! It gave me a ton of new ideas and perspective on writing. I had a great time!
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The GA peach tour was a fun. I learned alot about charater and suspence i look forward to it again.
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Last week I thought the Georgia Peach author tour, was cool. I had Mrs. Jennifer Jabaley, and she gave us a lesson on how to wright suspens. I learn so much. Affter the lesson, she gave us some tips, no how to create charaters. over all I had a good day. Bye J.S
ReplyDeleteMy group was with the author Jennifer Jabaley. We learned about how to write suspense. We also learned about how to describe charactors by adding lots of details. It was a fun expeirence and I was really glad that we actually got meet them
ReplyDeleteIn Mrs. Pearces room we made inhales and exhales that are supossed to keep readers interested, but my favorite part was when we made fully developed characters that would have a good story.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for comming wednesday i really enjoyed hearing the different types of writting... and even learning to be a good writter myself. I really didnt realize how long publishing a book takes! thank you it was so fun!
ReplyDelete:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)i loved when we had the authors at our school. they talked about their work and how they stared writing. i like Vicky Alvear Schecter's books. they really show history in a funny way. it was the best time ever
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Hi! My name is Courtney J. I liked the author tour because it was interesting to see how the authors had their favorite books and different styles of writing. I had Jennifer Jabaley. She taught us how to make a story plot in 5 minutes! It was so fun. I hope to do this again.
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Having the authors here was a great experience.I learned how to create suspense and great characters.I liked hearing about how they got their inspirations and their different styles of writing.I loved hearing what they had to see.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the author tour very much, and learned a ton of very valuable writing skills. We developed many characters, and learned several techniques that helped us be more creative in how we make our stories. I was in Mrs.Pearce's room, and was with GA Author Jennifer Jabaley. The characters we developed were very "dark" in background, but overall I had a good time and a great experinence!
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the authors from the tour where very nice and they taught me how to write suspense and how to make a round character in 5 mins:O. i'm on my to be come a great writer. (= =)
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The author tour was very fun. The authors helped guide us in our learning about writing. We learned much and i enjoyed it very much. C.G.
ReplyDeletei loved the author tour. we learned hoe to make books and how to plan them in under five minutes. we also learned how to keep the readers interseted in our books.
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I thought the Ga peach tour was cool. It wasn't very peachy which is what i expected considering it has peach in the name, but overal it was pretty cool. None of thier books apealed to me because obviously I am not a 17 year old girl or a cleopatra fanatic, but other than that their books were awesome. I learned things that help in writing a book, which is classified information that I can not give out, but just maybe you could use my secret weakness. *candy* As you all know from a few of the super secret classified mini computer notecard things ago i told you what my weakness was. *candy*echo echo echo echo. This has been another super secret classified mini computer notecard thing.
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I really liked what we did all together, such as listening to our authur and what they do with their books. My authur talked about thrillers and how there would be more than one climax. I want to try that in a writing that I do later. Thanks for help, if you see this message.
ReplyDeleteOne really cool trick I learned was from S. R Johannes about thriller novels. She told me to leave chapter ends with you wanting more of the story. It was very interesting to hear them speak,and I want to read their books now! :--------) <-------Mr. Long Nose.
ReplyDeleteThe Georgia Author tour thing was really cool and I learned a lot about charcters, supense and writing thrillers. I also found about some cool books i might want to read. :)
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The Georgia Peach Author Tour was a learning adventure. I got to meet new authors, learn about the authors, and learn new ways to write thrillers. S.R. Johannes told us ten ways to write page turning thrillers. I hope they com back so I can learn more about writing!
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The georgia author tour was awesome!! I really enjoyed it and the authors were great. i cant wait to read some of their books.Some things i learned were the process it takes to write a book and that ideas can come from anywhere. I also learned that when writing a thriller dont be predictable, make it believable, and create alot of climaxes. That's only some of what i learened! Thank you so much!!!
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ReplyDeletei thought the author tour was really fun. i enjoyed getting to meet authors and realizing that they are just normal people who have an inspiration. The author I was with tought us how to write thriller stories! She taught us about dividing our chapters and haveing a bunch of suspenseful mini-plots to really hype up the reader.
ReplyDeleteShe also said to make our most enjoyable moments shape our characters.
Also, she taught us how to stalk people in Barnes&Noble!
The GA Peach Author Tour was really cool. I got to learn how to write suspenseful writing. At the end, I got all of their autographs. That was cool. It was nice to meet S. R. Johannes, Jennifer Jabaley, and Vick Alvear Shecter.. We should do that again sometime.
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The Georgia Peach Author tour was very cool I got to meet all 3 authors. Then S.R. Johannes taught us how to stalk people at bookstores. Because very interseting conversations. I had a great day.
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ReplyDeleteI loved the GA Peach Author Tour!!!!! The authors were pretty cool and I learned a lot about getting inspiration from everywhere. You can use anything that sparks your interest, add in some past experiences, and you have yourself an outline. I also got to learn how to write a thriller that people won't be able to put down. It was so cool and I hope to do this again.
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I really enjoyed the Georgia Peach Author Tour. I learned that books take a long time to publish. I had no idea it took a couple of years! I also learned that authors don't really get to create their covers. My favorite part of the GA Peach Aothor Tour was having a mini lesson with one author. S.R Johannes told us how to create suspense books. That was really helpful and nobody had ever told me how to create suspense books before. Overall, I had a great time and I wish the authors could come back.
ReplyDeleteThe GA Peach Author Tour was really cool and very interesting! I learned about the different books the three authors wrote, as well as writing techniques to use in my own stories. For example, S. R. Johannes taught me that when I'm writing thrillers, it's a good idea to write page turners, which means including action, suspense, and multiple points of action. She also gave tips like write through your character's eyes, do the unpredictable, use voice, use all of your senses, and to up the pace through the setting of your story. S. R. Johannes also taught us that you can get ideas anywhere, so keep your eyes and ears open to get new ones.
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My favorite thing about the tour was when the authors told us about how they became authors and how they come up with their ideas.
ReplyDeleteIn the media center we talked to s.r.johannas and dhe taught us how to wright a thriller.The one thing I learned was how to begin and end chapters in a thriller.She was really fun and I wasn't bored so it was also fun.
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I really like the GA peach tour. It was very interesting to get to know the authors, and learn how to write a good fiction story. I gained some confidence of writing and I thank all of the authors who came to our school for the tour. Their books look SO interesting!!!
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While we didn't really tour anything, and it wasn't peachy, I loved the Georgia Peach Author Tour. The reason I liked it was because it did actually feel like a conversation, instead of a boring lecture. (I also now know how to stalk people at Barnes and Noble in the name of literature.) So, I guess I can forget the whole "Not acurate title" thing.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the GA Peach Author Tour, because the authors talked to us in a way that we could relate to and understand. I learned a couple of good writing tools. The most helpful one was to write what you know. I normally have trouble with coming up with an idea for a story, but I learned to use the things around me for ideas. S.R. Johannes gave us a lot of other cool tips too, but that one is really important.
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The Georgia Peach author tour was cool, but when we split up into groups, I was with S.R. Johannes, and I didn't learn much I didn't already know in the writer's workshop. I did learn that you can get lots of ideas for books by listening to other people.
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The authors' stories were really interesting! I would have never guessed that it tooks YEARS for a book to be published. I'm the type of person who loves reading,but despises writing. With S.R. Johannes, I learned how to make the story a page turner. I also learned how to stalk people without being suspected. I'll use that skill well :)
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the Georgia Peach author tour was amazing. I got to learn small but helpfull skills that could create a great story. I learned that writing comes easily to others, but not as easily to others. Some times when something funny or tragic happens in your life you get an idea. I had a blasts at the presentation and learned alot.
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The GA Author tour was very fun and educational! I was surprised to learn just how long the process took to write a book, get it edited, and then to actually go through the publishing process. When we split up, I went with S.R. johannes. Her book sounds very interesting, and I look forward to reading it!
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I loved the author tour:) It was fun and I learned alot. We learned how to start a thriller and how to pick the action.
ReplyDeleteI liked the author tour a lot. My favorite author was Vicky Alvear Schecter, mostly because I like historical fictions. I learned a lot from the othe authors too though.
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I liked the Author tour a lot. My favorite author was Vicky Alvear Schecter, mostly because I like historical fiction. I also learned a lot from the other authors.
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The author tour was fun and full of good resources for writers. I found the information they gave useful to keep in mind when writing anything. The books they wrote dont seem like the kind id like to read, but the writing seems like it would be excellent. Overall, i enjoyed the visit and im glad i got their facts
ReplyDeleteAt the georgia author tour i learned about writing thrillers with S.R Johannes. I had such a good time and i learned a lot about how to write a great book! i thought the best part of the day was asking the authors questions about the process of writing a book and the publishing process; i never knew! at the end of the day i had sooooooo much fun :) :D
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DeleteI stayed in the Media Center with SR Joannes. I learned how to write suspense stories with a few tips. They are to spread action scenes, create tension, shock the reader, not make is 100% action, visualize a movie of the book, fragments are OK as long as they are purposeful, show from character's point of view, make it seem realistic, put in a realistic motive, put in a big idea, make it fast pace, and pace through structures.
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Thank you to all of you for making our visit wonderful. Love the blog and thanks for having us. And I didnt say "stalking" people! I said "observing" people to get dialogue and character traits!
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