Authors'+Assignment

Mrs. Williamson’s art classes have completed business cards that advertise each individual’s artist’s style. Her students have also submitted formal letters of proposal to students whose work they’d like to illustrate. The next part of your assignment is as follows.

1. Log into our class wikispace (www.svchildrensbook.wikispaces.com)

2. Click on your name and look at the discussion thread.

3. You should have no more than two requests to illustrate your book.

4. Read each request and then click on the student who submitted the proposal. There, you will see the business card. It is a simple but adequate representation of style in regard to illustrating. The students who asked to illustrate your story did so because he or she liked it!

5. Each letter must receive a formal, professional response. . You will accept one proposal. The rest of the proposals will receive letters of rejection. 

The following are words of advice that Mrs. Williamson posted for her illustrators. I’ve modified them for you, but all guidelines must be followed:

1. All correspondence must be professional. You are replying to a potential client in hopes of receiving work. Assume that this is your means of supporting yourself in the real world. You are a struggling artist—a writer. Letters of rejection are not meant to hurt feelings or burn bridges in the real world.

2. For the letter of acceptance: Demonstrate enthusiasm for the proposal you intend to accept. Make mention of something specific about the illustrator’s business card that persuaded you to choose that author. We will discuss, in class, the components of a rejection letter.

3. Use the following format for your letters: Salutation, first paragraph accepting the artist’s talents as an illustrator, second paragraph expressing any artistic vision for the finished product any closing remarks that express your excitement in working together. You may also feel free to exchange any contact information that you feel will be beneficial in aiding the collaboration.

4. You must email me your letter to pcarboni@pdsd.org. It must be free of grammatical and spelling errors and follow the format above. Once I email you back that your letter is approved, you may post it in the “discussion” section of the illustrator’s page. No illustrator may receive more than one letter of acceptance. If I email you back with edits to make, you must email me again until it is approved.