Students bitten by the writing bug were trained on writing techniques to create and publish their own e-books.
Bhubaneswar: At a time when mobile and iPads are an integral part of the lives of millennials, Loyola School authorities here have adopted a unique way to enhance the creative writing skills of their students.
In a joint venture, principal Father Victor Misquiths, SJ, conceptualised ‘K12 Writing Fest’ in collaboration with Shaon Mitra, the director of Future Learner K12, a well known publishing house to showcase their talents.
Result: The first e-book of a five book series, comprising four stories of supernatural genre, all authored by the students, has been published recently. The illustrations in the book have also been drawn by the students.
The writers are Sanidhya Jena of Class 7 (The One in the Façade), Simran Sahoo of Class 8 (Talent Brown), Swastik Padhy of Class 7 (Mystery Case De Earl) and Archita Samantara of Class 7 (Fearing The Unknown). Tapasi Patnaik, Spandan Dash, Anmol P(All of Class 10) and Sushree Tamanna worked as illustrators in the e-book.
The Loyoleans wrote their stories and poems and the FLK12 team presented the work of the students on the global Amazon Kindle platform. Titled Loyola Achieves and Logs, is a five part series covering a wide range of genres. It is to give ambitious new authors and poets a rare chance to be published. “VISITANTS L.BBSR: FLK12. FILE 1 “is the first e-book of the series.
A second module e-book was simultaneously introduced in which individual students bitten by the writing bug were trained on writing techniques to create and publish their own e-books. Tanvi Tejaswini of Class 6 is one such success story. Her e-book The Case Of The Twin Murders was the first book to go on The Amazon Kindle platform; it is a matter of great pride that she reached the second position in the Children’s Crime & Thriller Category on the Kindle Store during the first week of its release.
“Quite a few of my children have been brooding over the enforced home confinement of the last few months. A winner as the saying goes is someone who does things differently. Tanvi is one among a winning breed of Loyoleans who has been able to change adversity into an opportunity for creative writing,” said the excited principal.
“It has given talented and ambitious new authors and poets a rare opportunity to become better communicators, build self-confidence and enhance their leadership skills,” said Mousumi Jena, a teacher of English department who worked as the project coordinator for the first book.