Week 6

This week, we were instructed to start planning out what we were going to do every week about our projects. I don't even really know where to start planning, I feel so behind. I still have to finish planning out what's going to be on each page. I remember how when I first started researching about how to write a children's book, the websites always said that the planning process should indeed be long and it should be thought out very carefully but I feel like I've wasted a lot of time thinking and now it's time to act. I don't want to go up there and not have anything to talk about besides the planning. I want to at least be able to show how the entire story would have turned out if I had finished. (Because I know that I'm not going to finish) But hopefully I don't waste anymore time and get to working.

Week 5

This week, I decided that I didn't want to make the character go ask his mom if he could watch tv again because it really does not make any sense/doesn't support the moral of the story that I am trying to show. So the idea is that he'll be so distracted with his adventures that he won't even think about watching tv. He'll just keep saving the day in each room. Then maybe at the end of the story, he can go into the kitchen (or a room where his mom is) and save the day in there, then she can tell him that he can finally go watch tv or something. He'll deny and say that he has other things to do. And he'll run off and continue with what he was doing. I like the idea of that better than him constantly going to ask his mom for the tv.

Week 4

 

This week, I really didn't make any progress. I have been still trying to figure out other scenarios and scenes where I can make the main character go. I also have to figure out little details like his race and his name even. I have been struggling because after he finished his first adventure, he goes and he asks his mom if he could go watch tv since he already distracted himself for a while. But she says no. The issue I'm having is that I don't know if I want him to continuously ask his mom after all the adventures because then the moral of the story wouldn't make much sense. Since the moral of the story is that you can have fun as long as you have your imagination, I don't want him to go ask after each adventure because then that means he wasn't content with the adventure and still wants to watch tv.

Week 3

This week I continued to plan out what the story was going to be about, page by page. So I decided that the first room the kid will be visiting is his mom's room where he will be "saving the day". It's going to be a snow storm where he's going to save his sister's toy that's on the top of the shelf. I'm trying to think of other climates/regions where I can make him do more adventures in every room. Maybe a desert, a tropical island, a jungle, things like that. But I don't know how many I want there to be and I don't know how many scenarios I can think of. I'm also debating if he should be doing all these adventures on his own. But then again, I think the moral of the story is going to be that you can have fun wherever you go as long as you have your imagination.

Week 7

 

I'm not sure what my group is doing to be honest. At first I was on my own, then I got into a group, and now it feels like I'm on my own again. But I'm not 100% sure. Alex is still writing a children's book, I believe. But I don't know what Arleene is doing. Our group feels really scattered and I don't feel like anything's getting done. We've practically had 7 or 8 days to work on our 20% Project and all I feel like I've gotten done is doubt our project and read children's books. I've also done research on how to start writing a book. So technically, I'm doing as the research told me to do. I'm thinking as much as possible about my topic. Putting out ideas and thinking about the characters and the main plot. In my mind I've made some progress. Just not as much as I'd like to have done.

Week 6

This week, Mr. Lee told my group that we should write our own stories and then at the end, compare our stories and edit them and stuff. So I really want to write about a little boy going through adventures in his house, in each room of the house. I know I want the main character to be a boy. I want to make the character exactly like my little six year old cousin, immediately I thought of him. His name is Adrian and I want him to be who I base my character on. I'm debating if I want to even be in a group anymore, I originally wanted to be on my own anyways. I just don't want to have to run my ideas passed anyone, I want my own decisions. But I think I really need pictures in the story and I'm no artist. So I'd really need Alex. And Arleene could serve as some help in writing, as well. But I feel like everything would be easier if they just listened to me, like the dictatorship I want this to be.... Just kidding about the dictator thing.

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.