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?
He gets shipwrecked too
I have done SOOO much research for it. Evan will survive but it might become a series.
Do you want a passage of my story?
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.
Tell me if you want a passage!! PLZ HELP
2007-03-20 08:42:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
in those days, 12 yr olds were almost a man
2007-03-20 09:44:19 · update #1
my last book was over 8000 words.
2007-03-20 11:45:59 · update #2
It's a little odd that a 12-yr-old would be sent alone to care for an ailing relative. Since they're not going to figure in the story anyway, might it be more plausible for his parents to have died, and the purpose of the trip to live with relatives in England?
It was possible in the 1840s to make the passage in a sidewheel steamship, but not very common.
Where you run into trouble is with the shipwreck. Unless the ship has been blown wildly off-course, the only place for it after Newfoundland is Ireland. I suspect you haven't been thinking along those lines, and I hate to ask you to do even more research.
2007-03-20 09:19:53 · answer #1 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember that to make your story really believable, it has to have accurate facts. It's unlikley he would be travelling across the ocean on a steamship in 1840, because at that stage, passengers till traveled by sailing ships. That's the kind of thing you have to be sure of before you write it down.
For example, let's say you're going to have his ship attacked by pirates. You'd have to look up the types of ships they used that would be faster than American passenger ships.
One good idea when writing a story is to think of it like driving a car across the country, with stops at a lot of places. Your "places" will be the different points in your story, starting with the beginnning, then the catalyst (what causes change to his life), what he does about that change, what results from it, and on to the end of the book.
If you write down these "high"points, then you can sit back and plan the most interesting ways of getting from A to B, and the rest of the story!
It sounds like you are doing very well and I wish you good luck with the rest.
2007-03-20 16:11:44 · answer #2 · answered by carraigcreative 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds exciting!
Title ideas:
The Sea Between
From West to East
Follow the Morning
Uncle Jacobson's Will
The Boy Who Dared
2007-03-20 16:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT AT THE AGE OF 10 YOU ARE STARTING A BOOK-I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING OUT OF THE BLUE HAPPEN ON THE BOAT, A STORM SEEMS VERY LIKELY SO HAVING SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN I THINK WOULD BE GREAT. GOOD LUCK TO YA!
2007-03-20 15:51:26 · answer #4 · answered by buzyb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really like the idea, fantastic! i think it could be the boiler, storms are quite common
i hope to read your book soon :)
2007-03-20 16:15:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
summary rather than a chapter - say about 1,000 words?
- flowerpet56
2007-03-20 18:01:52 · answer #6 · answered by flowerpet56 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sounds like a really good idea- i would read it!!
good luck!
2007-03-20 16:27:13 · answer #7 · answered by jjj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋