I have been working more on reading and looking at other books that might relate to mine. This has helped guide me to what else I should add or take out of my book. Some of the books I have read (below) are books written by Aly Raisman and Simone Biles. I even read books that relate to life lessons and turning fear into faith (below). These books have not only helped me with my book but also opened up my eyes to things I never noticed while writing my book, and reading others books. I want to include these life lessons that are not already obvious to the reader in my book to give it more meaning. Below is my physical evidence of the books I read.

1. The Universe Has Your Back -Gabrielle Bernstein
2. Grace, Gold, and Glory – Gabrielle Douglas
3. Fierce: How competing for myself changed everything – Aly Raisman

Continuing on throughout the process I have decided to start to read other books that related to mine to see if their was anything I could change to make mine better. I noticed a lot of these writers used personal quotes that touched them and explained about these quotes and how it relates to them in a certain chapter, or even a part in the book. I included some of these quotes I have decided to use in my book (as my physical evidence because wordpress does not allow me to enter pictures.) By adding these to my book I am hoping it can give readers something to relate to and help them enjoy reading it.

Quotes:

“Strong people know how to keep their life in order. Even with tears in their eyes, they still manage to say “I’m ok” with a smile.”

“Don’t forget that you’re human. It’s okay to have a melt down. Just don’t unpack and live there. Cry it out and then refocus on where you are headed.”

“I am the kind of girl who never gives up and fights till the end. Maybe I am a little shattered but Im not broken. I may be a little disheartened but I have not given up the hope to achieve what I want from my life. I have some scars on my heart and soul but I’m still beautiful. I have forgiven people and I am trying to forget what they did to break me down. But I don’t regret my past anymore because I just want to live my life beautifully. I am confident that somehow I will make it through.”

Throughout the week I have continued to do more research on the influence of gymnastics on society for my book. Also looked deeper into publishing and what I think would work best for my product. I am still working on changing certain parts of the book to make sure it still all flows together. After looking at many other quotes I decided I wanted to add some of my own quotes into the story too! So I need to find extra tine to come up with some other ones.

(I EMAILED PICTURES OF MY PHYSCIAL EVIDENCE)

Going into week 13 of the project I spent a week on just editing the books and critiquing what I have started. I have a special notebook for each book that I am writing, this makes it easier to keep my focus on that book when I am writing it. I have recently worked on creating my own quotes, hoping that I can put some of them into my own books. I believe that having my own quotes might help give the book more purpose and meaning towards the reader.

 

Going onto week twelve I have looked more into the publishing for my books. I have looked on amazon and researched differnent ways that would be effecient and easier to help edit and publish my books. Hopefully soon I would like to have offically finished both of my books. However I am still editing my first book and fixing up my second book. I have decided to add certain pieces of advice that I feel like might mean more then others in my book.

After finishing the rough draft of my first book, I am starting to finish up my second. I have been struggling trying to come up with ways of publishing the books, so it is something that I will have to look into more. I am starting to look at pictures and other things I can add to my first mini book to make it better. I have also been reading and looking at other people that have made these certain types of books and what they include in theirs, that might help me out.

After making the recent descion on only making two books instead of three has allowed me more time to make what I have already started better. I have started to create more chapters for my second book and coming up with other quotes to help make the book better. I have began editing my first book and finalizing certain things that I did not know if I would keep in the book when I was making it. I will continue working on the second book and wrapping up the second. This gives me time to look more into how I am going to publish my books.

I have been continuing to edit the chapters of my very first books that I already have created. I decided to create two books instead of three so it is more like quanitity over quality. I have been struggling to explain some pieces of advice so that people that are not gymnasts or professional athletes, can still understand my message and where I am coming from. Other then that I have been continuing the process of looking at ways to publish my book and offer it to athletes of all types.

I have decided to only create two books instead of my original idea of three. Only creating two will allow me to put time and more effort into making the two books better. I however accomplished and completed 5 chapters of my first book. So far I have still been struggling with looking into the publishing part on amazon, but I will look at it closer this week and as I am finishing up my first book. The project is not going perfectly but as I continue throughout the creation of my product, I am starting to figure it out.

Going onto week seven of creating my books… I am happy to say that I have officially created the rough draft to my first book. I need to definitely look more into the online publishing so I can start to publish it. I am starting to move on onto book number two. Since I already have the chapters started I am starting to put in more information.