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The First Draft

Posted by on July 22nd, 2013 with 0 Comments

The Munchkin is a writer – he just doesn’t know it yet!

It seems like forever that he has been regaling us with tall tales from parallel universes. Places where magic happens and there are way too many battles. There was only one problem… he couldn’t write.

He started school and discovered writing was hard work… and wouldn’t write.

It’s been a battle of wills, although I’ve tried not to fight TOO hard in case I lost. I want him to learn to write well, because… he’s a writer!

Today he brought home his first written story – three whole pages covered in incorrectly formed letters and terrible spelling… and a story! Admittedly, it was a story about how zombies attacked the school and stole the school principal – typical boy stuff!!!

He’s decided he wants to rewrite it – so we’ll correct the spelling and work on some letter formation (at least in theory… I await to see the outcome in practice!)

I explain to him how all good writers work – create the first draft to get the ideas out, then edit, rewrite (possibly multiple times) and then publish the final work. They don’t do this at school… they expect it to be right, first time.

It is my hope that he will feel like a real writer, and that this will be the first of many stories committed to paper.

I am so proud of him!!!

Today I am grateful.

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Cath Connell

Creating my amazing life one tiny moment at a time. Bringing the Hubby, a Munchkin and about a dozen tomato plants along for the ride.

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