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Whew! Rough draft done!
Jun. 25th, 2006 03:37 pmIn this post, here, I mentioned I was trying to write a story based on Goodnight Moon for a toddler boy (between 2 and 3) with limited language skills. Frankly, I've been procrastinating, because as he gets older, the more he'll be able to understand, and I won't have such a limited pallette to work with.*
Luckily, the grandmother who commissioned the piece, says she has a friend who can illustrate it. So my draft is just basically a scaffold for those pictures, which I can paste into the document when I print it up.
So anyway, here's that draft -- my suggestions for pictures are in blue.
( Good Morning, Day! )
Now, I can deposit that check she sent me (and start playing with a plot bunny) with less guilt)
* (Writing for very young kids is kind of like trying to build structurally sound house using only two-by-fours, a hammer, and nails -- you have to really know what you're doing. Maybe I'll update my brochure again, and say that my stories are for kids 6 and up -- the age where they can sit an listen for a while)
Luckily, the grandmother who commissioned the piece, says she has a friend who can illustrate it. So my draft is just basically a scaffold for those pictures, which I can paste into the document when I print it up.
So anyway, here's that draft -- my suggestions for pictures are in blue.
( Good Morning, Day! )
Now, I can deposit that check she sent me (and start playing with a plot bunny) with less guilt)
* (Writing for very young kids is kind of like trying to build structurally sound house using only two-by-fours, a hammer, and nails -- you have to really know what you're doing. Maybe I'll update my brochure again, and say that my stories are for kids 6 and up -- the age where they can sit an listen for a while)
