How to Write a Class-Sourced Novel

This step by step manual will help teachers and would be collaborative authors create original class-sourced, crowdsourced novels. Written by the author of 10 class--sourced, crowdsourced novels, this book is perfect for all teachers of writing.

Jay Rehak has been a teacher for 30 years. He is the author of 27 short plays, and has authored or co-authored 10 novels. In 2013, Mr. Rehak created and co-authored the award winning 30 Days to Empathy, the world's first high school class sourced novel. (Chicago Writers Association 2013 Book of the Year for Non-Traditional Literature.) Subsequently, he and his students wrote 4 versions of Someone Else's Shoes as well as 4 versions of The Absolutely Awesome Adventures of Internet Ed. Jay is also the producer of WYDUBTV, a weekly news and variety show, which can be seen at www.wyoung.org. In his spare time Mr. Rehak is President of the Board of Trustees of the $10.4 Billion Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. He is married to award winning children's singer, Susan Salidor. He has three children, Hope, Hannah and Ali. Additional biographical information can be found at www.creativeclassroomconsulting.com.