Until the other day, when I noticed that her normal book had been replaced by a notebook. As it turns out, she's got a little writing competition going on with her friends. Highest page count by the end of the summer wins. (Wins what? We don't know. Nerd cred, I guess. Which...right on.)
So Wednesday night, we're at the dinner table discussing character motivation -- because we do that -- and she says, "You want to hear my first paragraph?" Naturally, I said yes. And now I'm going to share it with you. Ready? Here it is.
I hear a scream and shoot up out of my bed. I open the door to my room in the castle. When I step out, I quickly realize that something is very wrong. The stench of dark magic singeing the air, I stare down the corridor, eyes wide with horror. My father lies dead on the floor.
Dude. She's twelve. *sees visions of writerly children* *sighs happily*
Oh, and did I mention her title? It's Blood of Night, but she's thinking about changing it to Red for Revenge. Obviously, she's awesome. (I may be a little biased. Possibly.)
Right. Enough bragging. Time for a prompt.
WEEKLY PROMPT:
You arrive home from work to discover a bullet hole in your front door. Under it, someone has taped a note. Go.
What made you happy this week?
The daugher ROCKS! (so do all of them)
ReplyDeleteMy jaw dropped when she read that.
As for the prompt...
Note reads:
Sorry.
Gone to the store to get new door.
Love ya!
Magnum
PS If the kids ask... No I haven't seen the cat.
I swear, if you shoot the door, the next one's going through your foot. And love ya back. But really, foot. *waggles finger*
DeleteOh, my gosh! That's a great opener. Your daughter has a writing future. :)
ReplyDeleteShe wants to be a marine biologist, but I think I can sway her. ;)
DeleteThat's great brag material! Your daughter has talent. And so young. You must be so excited.
ReplyDeleteI think that Magnum aced the prompt game today, but I'll give it a try.
The note said "Hey Granpa, I came by to show you my new gun, but you weren't here, so I showed you my bullet. It shoots bigger bullets, too; I'll come by later and show you. BTW, hope I'm still in your will. Love, George."
I honestly wasn't expecting that to come out of her. Shocked me in the most pleasant of ways. :) (I hope George isn't in the will.)
DeleteThat is totally awesome. She sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Judie. She is wonderful.
Delete"Sorry I missed you."
ReplyDeleteBrag away, baby! I'm proud of my second grader, who seems to have inherited the interest in the writing. He writes funny short stories, and has a whole youtube series in the works. Unfortunately, he will have forgotten the premise by the time I let him on youtube.
Hehehe. Nice note. My son (her twin) writes stories, too, but he takes it as a "how weird can I be?" challenge. The daughter is very serious.
DeleteDelia - your daughter is awesome. I'm envisioning that someday I'll be in a bookstore casually standing by a display of her books just so that when someone picks one up I can say, "Yeah that's my friend Delia's daughter. Isn't she great?'
ReplyDelete(I started to say internet friend but then I realized, we'll probably have actually met by then.)
ps - read the comments too late. Should have mentioned that I enjoyed everyones response to the prompt!
DeleteDo you think they'll display our books next to each other? Because that would be cool. ;)
DeleteI love both those titles! I'd better come to her when it's time to title my WIP.
ReplyDeleteI know! I've got an MS draft in need of a title as well. I'll have to put her to work.
DeleteBrilliant opening! She is soooo talented! How lucky are you??
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pat! I think so, too. :)
DeleteAs you said in your next post ... "creativity begets creativity" ... and creative kiddos, too ... :-) Pat
ReplyDeleteJust catching up on the blogs. Wow! The creative gene is strong. More than one writer in residence. Love the title, too.
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