What does it look like when a group of people get together, led by a facilitator, to write a book in five days? Some photos from the last Sprint tell the story.
The improbable mission: ‘You mean an actual book, a book book?’
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![Book Sprint with Publish What You Pay, June 2018](https://www.booksprints.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/publish-what-you-pay-book-sprint-on-eiti_41505441410_o-250x167.jpg)
It all starts with Post-its
![Structuring ideas at a Book Sprint with Publish What You Pay, July 2018](https://www.booksprints.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/publish-what-you-pay-book-sprint-on-eiti_43265814502_o-250x167.jpg)
So many post-its – ‘We’re supposed to turn this into a book?’
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1762/42597593844_eaf88f3e9d_z.jpg)
This starts to look a little less overwhelming when we create some order
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/920/43315734541_093efe4310_z.jpg)
When collaboration is great when everyone is in synch
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/843/41505567080_00c7659c9a_z.jpg)
When collaboration is not so great and you don’t understand what someone else has written
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1822/43315519551_5f73642ffd_z.jpg)
And it seems like this process will never end! So much coffee needed….
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1807/29445078598_bcd13f49fb_z.jpg)
But look it’s also fun!
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1823/42411191055_683f0f2fe1_z.jpg)
And exciting. Especially when you have a fire evacuation at the hotel in the last crucial hours of the Sprint!
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/925/43265726072_c33ae4d17f_z.jpg)
It even starts to look like a book
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1781/41505369090_57bc5a7aae_z.jpg)
With all the necessary parts
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/837/42597487134_7cb33639c4_z.jpg)
Soon it’s over and everyone feels amazing (but also pretty happy to get some sleep!)
![Publish What You Pay Book Sprint on EITI](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1761/41505387790_904a46fb21_z.jpg)