Both my Editing and Electronic Writing and Publishing courses included required service-learning projects as a part of its final grade. Dr. Smith-Sitton set up a project with SAMLA where we wrote biographies of the Honorary Members as editorial teams. My job as Layout and Design Editor was to make each biography conform to the style guide, which the class collectively created before we started writing the biographies. Between the four members of the group, we wrote, copy edited, and perfected the biographies before turning them in to Dr. Smith-Sitton for final review.

Francis Fergusson

Original Francis Fergusson Biography, written by a classmate: FrancisFergussonOriginal

First edit, made by me, including a title formatting change: Robert_FergRevised_LauraEdit1

Second edit, made by me, including combining two paragraphs to match with the formatting of the other stories and right aligning the text to match the style guide requirements: Robert_FergRevised_LauraEdit2

Final version, including a few copy edits and revisions: Fergusson_Robert_Final

Katherine Anne Porter

Original Katherine Porter biography, written by me: KatherinePorterOriginal

Edited for layout and design and paragraphs reduced to four: Laura_Porter_LCA2

Final revision, including three paragraphs to match the layout of the other biographies and right alignment to meet the style guide requirements: Porter_Laura_Final