Second review:
Jackson - Add a vertical layout to your garden plan.
Mention the different ways to shape a vegetable bed.
Refer to the artwork in other gardening books and magazines.
Growing mushrooms and bamboo.
Smriti - What makes the book your own? Where is you voice.
Adding your own journey and internal changes would make the book more
approchable and interesting.
Find or create a narraitve through the book. Don't let it become just
another reference book.
Maybe you should state the the sources of your information and provide
links for the reader in more accessible spots. And plan the index well.
Look at The beginners series to see how heavy content has been dealt with
before, in an interesting manner.
Has your definition of "organic" changed? Why don't you show that
transition in understanding.
My thoughts - After the talk with smriti i was wondering if i've been gagging my voice deliberately. I don't think i have... but i guess so far i've been relying on my visual skills to make this "my own". The book definitely needs to have a more interesting and experiential flow in the narrative. This needs some serious thought. NOW. It might change a LOT of what i had planned so far.
1 comment:
I like the idea of having a thread of your own narrative run throughout the book, as well. It doesn't need to be alot of text, or major element in terms of space, but could really give some context to your journey. Could involve poetic pieces, and be really loose but related to the layout of the book and the journey that you have taken. Cuz it is all about the journey and the inspiration is to know that, ok I can start from here, or here, or right wherever folks are and start to cultivate a new lifestyle or approach to living....
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