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MATT
NOVAK BIOGRAPHY I BOOKS I PRESENTATIONS I BOOK ORDERING Matt
Novak's Presentations Each session is unique. There is a lot of audience participation. He calls on the children to suggest characters for a story that has never existed before. He creates drawings at every session (please provide a pad and easel for his use). He also gets the children to join him in creating some artwork of their own. The emphasis is on imagination and using it to create a story from start to finish. Along the way, the students learn how words and pictures work together to bring stories to life. He uses a lot of improvisation techniques and a repertoire of silly voices, zany mannerisms, and goofy jokes to pull it all together so the children will leave with more ideas than they came in with. Finally, he answers questions from the children and teachers. He loves to sign books for the kids. If you would like to include a book-signing session during the day, please allow enough time. Matt is somewhat flexible, so if there is some other activity that the school would like to include as part of the special day for the kids, he would be happy to discuss it. For adult presentations, he does a slide show (please provide the projector, carousel, and a room that can be darkened; and for large groups, he also needs a microphone). Matt is also available for Artist-in-Resident Workshops, and the outline of a sample workshop is shown below: Artist in Residence Workshops (One Week)
WORKSHOP, DAY 1
IDEAS, IDEAS, IDEAS Getting to know you. List of things you like to do. Use note cards and create several simple outlines for stories.
WORKSHOP, DAY 2
LET'S GET TO WORK Writing the story. Character Development. The importance of dialogue. Acting exercises.
WORKSHOP, DAY 3
DAY OF THE DUMMIES Examples of my book dummies. Putting together a book dummy. Polish up those manuscripts.
WORKSHOP, DAY 4
ART DAY Examples of finished art and how I do it. Storyboarding and animation.
WORKSHOP, DAY 5
HOORAY! WE'RE FINISHED Polish up those dummies. How an author sends his/her work to a publisher.
HONORARIUM: Matt Novak's honorarium is due by the end of the last day of the appearance. Generally speaking, he charges $1,000 a day, plus expenses. This can be discussed with Catherine Balkin of Balkin Buddies. Please contact her by phone or email. For further information, especially about the expenses (travel, hotel, and meals), click the "Arrange An Appearance" button and see "General Information on the Cost of an Author Appearance" as well as the 'Honorariums' section near the bottom of "How to Plan an Author Appearance." REFERENCE: Louise Haggerty, 115 Shepherd Lane , Lincoln University , PA 19352 , phone (610) 255-0743, lphaggerty@comcast.net (February/March 06)
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