Mining Contracts Book Sprint Started

The Understanding Mining Contracts Book Sprint is underway. 17 people (15 contributors and 2 from Book Sprints) are gathered in Baltimore to write a follow up to Understanding Petroleum Contracts written in a Book Sprint in 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/101584348@N06/sets/72157635459748355/). We have mining engineers, Ministers from Mongolia and Liberia, contract negotiators, lawyers, NGO watch dogs and the ever important target readers hunkered down in Kent Manor while the snow and geese around us decide if they want to stay.

Working with a view

At day 3 we have written 50,000 words and there have been a few all nighters by some of the more experienced hands. Vigorous discussion and debate is the substance of the day with much of it making its way into the book but from here on in it is mainly review and restructuring. We have also assembled a small group to start at the top and work their way through the entire book rewriting much of it from the position of the target reader.

While the sections of the book are being brought to an end on day 4, the group is working through several review circles, illustrations are being designed, and the discussions continue late into the night.

Writing process

Photos can be found at the following link and updates to follow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/101584348@N06/