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Please follow the following steps (set your content status as your enter each stage):
#'''Idea''': Before beginning a blog post, blog writers must get preliminary approval from Anne or Ed. To propose a blog post, sketch the idea in 2-3 sentences in a post on the #bloggers Slack Channel. Include links to at least three sources you would draw on to write the post. State the implications for public policy on entrepreneurship, innovation, or public economic policy in your proposal.#'''DraftOutline''': Once After completing research on your idea is approvedpost, set up a wiki page for the blog post. Include (Blog Post) in the title and make the wiki page using [[Form:BlogPost]]. Follow the technical instructions in the section below carefully. Include the proposal, all sources, and any other relevant information. Outline your proposed post on your wiki page. Your outline should include several subsections including your proposed argument or thesis statement, 5-6 supporting points, and references. Each supporting point must be back by evidence. References should be included for all of the supporting points. #'''Draft''': Once your outline is approved, draft your post. Include an editable link to the google doc, and any other relevant informationon your blog post's wiki page. Use our [[Writing and Style Rules]] to improve your writing and make sure it is consistent with the writing style of other posts by the McNair Center.
#'''Peer edit''': Drafts are due one week after your idea is approved. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. Make sure that this person's name is set in the '''Notes''' field. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions.
#'''Revision''': Give the revised draft to Anne, completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. Put whether your post is waiting for or approved by Anne and Ed in the '''Notes''' field. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development. Give the final draft Anne for approval.
