Week 5

This week, Alex isn't here so once again, we can't make any solid decisions or anything. Not that I think we were close to being on verge of our great idea. I went on the website 'www.dummies.com' and it said, "Pay close attention to common, everyday experiences, whether at home or at work. What may seem drab or ordinary on the surface might actually be a book in disguise." So that makes me feel like we're on the right track. But how can we interpret the things children like into a book? How can we appeal to kids? And not only that, but what topic would we enjoy putting a year's worth of work into? I kind of like the idea of there being a little boy watching tv, and then his mom comes into the room and tells him to stop and to do something besides watching tv all day. And then maybe the kid goes into different rooms of the house and there's different worlds that he's imagining in each room. Maybe he goes in and saves the day in each different room. I don't know, I'll run it by my group next week if Alex is here.

Week 4

 

This week I was once again researching how to write a children's book. I feel like we are really behind but I don't really know where to start. I think I can speak for all of us when I say we don't know what to do to begin writing. I found a book at my cousin's house that was kind of similar to the type of book we want to write but I forgot to bring it so it doesn't really help us at all. I have also been looking up themes for books and I was sort of leaning towards a kid that's secretly a superhero, and I ran that idea passed my group and they didn't want to because they thought it would be too hard or something, I don't remember what exactly they said. So now I'm trying to find more themes and ideas on Google but nothing really stands out to me. Hopefully we'll have a solid idea as to what we want to do within the next few weeks.