One thing they both have seen me spend innumerable hours doing is the craft of writing. I’ve gotten them illustory kits so they can write and illustrate their own stories. Anthony has moved on to other things, but Alyssa likes to spend time writing stories. They both played with the quiet-riter when I brought it home, but Alyssa wanted to write a story. She knows I write a lot of something called ‘flash fiction,’ and wanted to try her hand at it.
After some discussion, we decided she would try to write a 100-word story. First she would write it in a notebook. Then, I would circle misspelled words for her to correct. Finally, she could bang it out on the quiet-riter.
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Green is all I see.
Well, not just green, but many greens.
Crooked, twisted vines and branches move on their own.
“It’s just the wind,” I whisper to myself.
I hear lots of strange noises that I haven’t heard before, but I guess that’s what a jungle sounds like.
Suddenly, I hear a loud noise.
My heart races. I even jumped a little. I grabbed my tail and leapt to the nearest branch. I climbed as high as I could. I screamed, but my voice was lost to the sounds around me.
I knew I was safe.
October 2nd, 2014 at 07:11
That’s a really good story! Wow – very astute observations and descriptions! You must be so proud! TiV
October 2nd, 2014 at 12:53
I’ll be even more proud if she’s still doing it in four years.
October 3rd, 2014 at 00:09
New writer. Very nice.
October 3rd, 2014 at 11:59
Thanks, Kate!
October 10th, 2014 at 18:26
I love to see the next generation picking up their pens and creating worlds from their imaginations. My daughter has dabbled in doing the same, but her creations are more illustrated than written.
Great job, Alyssa! Keep writing, kiddo.
October 10th, 2014 at 23:05
Mine has done more illustrated as well. The jungle story was her first foray into “literary” story writing.