I am ten years old. My book takes place in the 1840s. It's about a twelve-year-old boy named Evan Jacobson. His uncle is sick and he's going to take care of him. Evan lives in New York and his uncle lives in England. The steamboat either catches on fire because of a boiler or because of a big storm. How do you like the idea?? Do you have any title ideas?
2007-03-17 10:39:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
he gets shipwrecked too
2007-03-17 10:48:59 · update #1
I have done SOOO much research for it. Evan will servive but it might become a series.
2007-03-17 10:52:03 · update #2
*survive. haaaa
2007-03-17 10:52:28 · update #3
Do you want a passage of my story?
2007-03-17 10:52:45 · update #4
I have everything down. All I want to know is if you like the idea and if you have an idea for a title. Just for now I have Lost Adventures.
2007-03-17 10:53:46 · update #5
Sorry, I didn't have enough room to do to much:
I woke up to the chatter of birds and the impatient neighs of horses. I moaned and rolled over onto my back. It’s too early, I thought to myself. I sat up, walked to my window and opened the curtains. Light streamed down onto my face as I yawned and stretched in the mid-summer sun. I thumped heavily down the winding staircase and crossed the parlor into the kitchen.
“Tis a lovely morning, isn’t it?” my mother exclaimed as I entered the kitchen.
“Aye, I agree, my darling,” my father smiled. Mother set the batter cake on our small table along with a large crock of apple butter.
“I need to make many horseshoes today and it ain’t gonna be easy either. Mr. Crammer needs ‘em for this evenin’.” My father is a blacksmith and, believe me, his job is not easy. It was especially hard for him since his apprentice had been sick with a high fever.
2007-03-17 11:02:33 · update #6
I love the idea! I would just not think about the title for the moment, concentrate on the story for now. I think you will do fine. And yes, ya think you can send me a passage of the story? It just sounds soooooo good.
Sorry if I'm so psyched!
And this is very good for a 10 year old, if u ask me.
2007-03-17 10:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. Thang 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You appear to have a great gift and talent.. I highly recommend you get in contact with a local writers group. they can be tremendous help and encouragement. Your parents could ask your local library if they know of one. They are usually free, Barnes and Noble book stores has one at ours,and i belong to another.
I recommend you keep your writings private tho till after published. You could try too to get an agent, your never too young.. there are other writers who started young and submitted their writings to magazines and such and have made a career of writing. Keep your parents informed of your decisions, and let them read your works and input , they can be great critics.. If they like parts or don't you can let it mull around in your head to think about other scenarios or leave it. Can your parents set up for you to be tutored by a writer or a teacher of writing courses at the junior college that could be an assist to you. there might be courses available during summer as well you could take. I Don't recommend you try this on your own!.. Good Luck.. As for the story and naming.. story line seems a good start, you have a great flare and gift of descriptive detail and flow , i would wait till the full story evolves to give it a title.
2007-03-17 11:24:26 · answer #2 · answered by miladyfaire 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well its a good start but you have to start thinking about how the person is going to survive and what happens to him. How about Evan's Journey or something like that. One thing that I will say to you. When you choose to write in another time period, a great deal of research is involved to make it realistic. Have you done much research about NY or London in the 1940's or condition on ships? Or even what kind of ships were transatlantic? How were people rescued from ship disasters? How about how Evan would dress? How did they talk? How much the trip would cost? What kind of illnesses people had back then ... Its a LOT of research. Good luck. C.
2007-03-17 10:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Might I suggest that you change the boy's name to Jacobs and title you story "Jacob's Ladder". I assume that you will detail the difficulties of his journey to his uncle and his problems caring for him. by the end of the book we could discover a young man rather than a twelve year old boy.
2007-03-17 21:43:19 · answer #4 · answered by monkey 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds very interesting. Hope it turns out well. Dont try to pick this title until you have finished writing the entire book. Again, excellent idea. Good luck with it
* pick this as best answer
2007-03-17 10:43:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Why I never made it to England"
2007-03-17 10:43:45 · answer #6 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Shipwrecked"
2007-03-17 10:56:38 · answer #7 · answered by Mau 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋