Milestone

Estimated
man hours
10 hours

Dependencies

Comments

Dates

N/A

Spend at least
an hour
brainstorming
possibilities for
a story every
day
Have at least 1
hour or two a
day
brainstorming
pictures to go
along with the
story everyday
Spend at least
two hours with
lesson plan
concepts
everyday
Meet 30- 45
minutes,
usually once a
week
Work at least
two hours
coming up with
main plot
points
everyday
Spend at least
3 hours writing
the rough draft
everyday

Dec 7th

Create
character and
world

Brainstorm
ideas of
illustrations

7 hours

Have a list of
concepts

6 hours

STEM Mentor

26 hours

Outline of
Story

14 hours

A and C

Rough Draft

36 hours

A, C, and E

Dec 13th

Dec 18th

Dec 2nd Feb

3rd

Dec 24th

Jan 5th

Spend two
hours at a book
store or online
everyday
Spend at least
two hours a
day revising
and editing
everyday
Spend one to
two hours
searching for
illustrator
everyday
Do two hours of
research over
illustrating
every day

Jan 9th

A, B, I, and J

Research at
least hours a
day

Dec 30th

3 hours

H and K

Jan 20th

3 hours

Have to have
revised story
and beginning
illustrations
done
L and M

Spend an hour
or two looking
over it then
send everyday
Spend at least
three hours
going over
illustrations
Go over

April 12th

Visit books
stores to find
books similar
to mine
Revise and
edit rough
draft

10 hours

A,C,E, and F

28 hours

A,C,E, and F

Find Illustrator

12 hours

A and B

Decision to
illustrate
myself if I
cant find
illustrator
Research
about selfillustrating if
needed
Have a Poor
Mans
copyright
sent to myself
Keep track and
update on
illustrations

6 hours

A, B, and I

8 hours

Check and

23 hours

Jan 18th

Dec 24th

Dec 27th

Jan 25th

make sure
illustrations
are under way
until complete
Have at least 3
publishers in
mind with
research

illustrations 2
hours at least
once a week
16 hours

Send
everything
needed to
publish book
Research
about selfpublishing

30 hours

L and O

10 hours

L,O, and P

Decision to
self-publish

14 hours

L,O,P, and Q

Send required
info to selfpublishing
companies
Present final
product to
teachers
Show final to
prospective

15 hours

L,O,P,Q, and R

2 hours

N and S

2 hours

N,S, and T

Research at
least 2 hours
about
publishers and
how to publish
everyday
Spend at least
three hours a
day submitting
one publisher
Spend an hour
looking over
self-publishing
everyday
Take an hour
twice a week to
check on
submissions
and debate on
self-publish
every day
Spend at least
two hours a
day preparing
to send
Take two hours
to present to
teachers
Take two hours
to present to

Jan 22nd

Jan 31st

Feb 10th

March 25th

March 30th

May 3rd

May 13th

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