Summary

The undefined website outlines the second prompt for the Dancing Elephants Book Project, focusing on Health and Wellness, with submission guidelines, announcements, and a call for author participation.

Abstract

The Dancing Elephants Book Project has released its second prompt, themed around Health and Wellness, inviting writers to share personal experiences, advice, and stories related to the topic. Contributors are instructed to adhere to specific guidelines, including a minimum word count, proper citations, and the use of specific tags and titles. The project also emphasizes community engagement, requiring authors to interact with their peers' work. With a submission deadline of April 9, authors are encouraged to utilize creativity in their submissions and to email their articles to the provided address. The website further includes announcements about account setup through Draft2Digital, social media engagement, and the availability of a template for article structure. The editorial team expresses flexibility for those facing uncertain times and excitement to read the upcoming submissions.

Opinions

The editorial team values creativity and personal perspective in the submissions.
Collaboration and peer support are important aspects of the project, as authors are required to engage with each other's work.
The project maintains a high standard for content originality, requiring proper citations and the use of tools like Grammarly to ensure quality.
The team is understanding of individual circumstances, offering extensions for those in special situations.
There is an emphasis on the importance of health and wellness, encouraging authors to explore the theme deeply and meaningfully.
The project leverages social media to enhance communication and accessibility between authors and the editorial team.
Authors are encouraged to support each other not only through comments but also by reading each other's work.
The inclusion of a template and clear guidelines indicates a supportive approach to assist authors in crafting their articles.

Dancing Elephants Book Project Prompt #2

Health and Wellness

Are you ready for the second prompt? We hope that you’ve had so much fun in writing your piece for the first prompt of Positivity. Time flies by so fast that now comes the second one!

Prompt

Health and Wellness is this month’s theme and we all know how important this topic is. We would like you to share your own experiences, what you know, some advice, tips, other people’s journeys that have inspired you, what you see in others. Feel free to be creative. We want you to share anything you would like and feel free to share your own perspective, your own style.

Guidelines

You can put any main title you would like but for your subtitle, please state: Dancing Elephants Book Project Health and Wellness and then add your group number.
Please use both the “Dep Book Project” and “Dancingelephantspress” tags when posting for the monthly book prompt. Please also tag the editors.
Important: Check your work and use a program like Grammarly before submission.
Your main article must be a minimum of 800–1000 words. Include an introduction, body, and conclusions/lessons learned.
Optional to post a poem and /or an additional short article for the monthly prompt. Minimum for poems — 100 words and for Short forms — 300–600 words. You can also submit various formats to achieve a word count of 800–1000.
You MUST mention the sites you use and have proper citations as we want to make sure to avoid any plagiarism. You can use an MLA format.
Due date: April 9
Please e-mail a copy of your article to [email protected]

Announcements

We would also like to follow up with some announcements:

Please share your Draft2Digital profile link so we know that you have created your account and made all the correct settings.
We will have a section of every author's interaction and engagement with their peers so you must respond to at least one of your coauthor’s main articles with a minimum of 2–3 sentence supportive comments. This will be one of the book's innovative qualifiers.
If you have any questions or need clarifications, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via email, with a private note, or a comment on this post.
We have various social media where you can get easily in touch with us.

Dancing Elephants Press Facebook group: Join us here Twitter: DEP Gabriella Korosi, Sharing Randomly, Vidya Sury

We also know that these times may be so uncertain in so many ways. If you have a special situation and would like more time, don’t hesitate to contact us in any way or form.
Here is a template kindly provided by Vidya where you can see the base of how your article can be.

Just a gentle reminder

Your article should have:

A good title

Subtitle should be: Dancing Elephants Press Book Project Health & Wellness Prompt Group 1 (or) 2 (depending on which group you are in)

A short intro (can start with a quote or an interesting opening)

Body of the article formatted with subtitles and bullet points if applicable, for easy reading.

Keep your paragraphs short.

Takeaways at the end.

Have a concluding paragraph where applicable.

Make sure the story flows well for the reader.

Make sure you credit your images properly.

Take into account the work count mentioned above.

Dancing Elephants Press Book Project First group:

Jennifer Dunne, Gaurav Jain, Bingz Huang, Libby Shively McAvoy, Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar, Trista Signe Ainsworth, Yana Bostongirl, Jo An Fox-Wright Maddox, Tamil, Carmen Micsa

Dancing Elephants Press Book Project Second group:

Natalie Gasper, Rane Kelze, Sally Prag, Dr. Preeti Singh, Art Bram, Purbita Chakraborty, Umme Salma, Pene Hodge, Lola Rosario, Anjali Joshi

To all the authors, please leave a comment down below to consider who has been able to read this next prompt. We can’t wait to read your articles! Let’s get writing!

With love from your editorial team 💕:

Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles and Sharing Randomly

Thank you for reading! If you like short forms, poems, essays, and all types of writings, I invite you to check out my profile Sharing Randomly.

And if you would like to support me in another way and buy me a coffee at this link or by clicking the image down below, I thank you!

Join Medium with my referral link — Sharing Randomly

As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…

medium.com