True Story
I did a little test drive of the picture book manuscript at St. Teresa yesterday. Seemed to work okay. There are a couple of places where I thought the story fell down, and I'm going to make tweaks. The toughest thing about this process is letting go of the story I told. I can't put that story in a picture book, because it's from an adult's perspective. The story in the book has to be kid friendly. Personally, I like the idea that the kid is lying and blaming it all on his two cats. In fact, one of the students picked up on that fact. I know I'm moving in the right direction for the picture book, but I want to test it on a few more students before I commit to publishing this draft.
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when you test it on the St.Teresa school how did feel. one of the student (6A)
Posted by Annabelle on March 08, 2008
Hi, Annabelle.
Thanks for asking. I was pretty nervous when I read the story, which is probably why I didn't look up from my pages most of the time. I felt a lot better when the kids laughed when I had hoped they would. There's part of me that wonders how students would react if they never heard the origin story. In other words, I might have to test drive the story in schools where no one has heard the Buddy and Max story. Thanks for asking.
Posted by Marty on March 08, 2008