The First Lesson …

Beginning the course I am a little disappointed because I can’t seem to get the Jones article to operate using the flash version and so have resorted to using the text based version. This is perhaps the downfall of the course as its very much something I can print off and do offline. There is no assistance to help with operating the flash version, instead the link related to the flash program takes me to another BBC site that offers first time internet users lessons in using the internet.

I began the first lesson by going to the library to pick up a few children’s books for inspiration. I then did the readings and completed the exercise. I’m going to test this idea on my cousins to see if they liked what I came up so as to get a clear idea of what sort of stories appeal to them. This first section which I allocated a 1 hour duration to, actually went on for about 2 hours. The creative process is indeed a very time consuming one at that!

Realising that I’ve actually written quite lengthy responses, I’ve included my answers to the short course exercises on a separate page (see the pages list for “Short Course: Writing for Children”. Lesson 1 Exercises can be found on the page titled “Part One – A Demanding Audience”)

Below are images of the books I found and some photos of my cousins going through the books.