Funny Little Story

[Keira]

I know that all of us fall into this category to one extreme or another, but I thought I'd share a funny experience I had last night.

I was in my room, putting together my math test cheat sheet (which we ARE allowed to have, I should add) when my fourteen year old brother can into my room looking thoroughly bewildered. This is the conversation (shortened for your sakes that ensued:

Jordan: Keira! You know the book The Outsiders?
Keira: Uh, yeah. Believe it or not, I do know of it... *looks kind of confused*
J: Well, I asked THREE people today if they knew what it was, and none of them had heard of it before! DAD hadn't heard of it before.
K: Dad's heard of it. Trust me.
J: *Shrugs* Wasn't she SIXTEEN when she wrote the book?
K: Yup. Why?
J:... Well, uh. DUH. That means I could write a book!

The next half an hour was filled with the most... sci-fi-ic/outlandish/gary-stu story I'd ever heard, involving the army, black holes, aliens, and super sized humans with super strength. Anyway, that aside, I thought that was pretty neat. He's never actually read the book (hates reading) but he loves the movie and apparently now has an affinity for writing as well. Since he started this story last night, he's asked me to look over what he's written three times.

And yet, through it all... I don't think he has any clue that I know what I'm talking about... or hope I know what I'm talking about. Perhaps if he's serious enough about this, I'll introduce him to the board. I think he'd get a kick out of it, though he'd also probably tell his obnoxious (seriously the MOST obnoxious kids I've ever met in my life... Jordan included) friends, so we'll have to see. Lol.

[latch22]

That's interesting. If only he knew...

It's great that he's getting into writing. I hope that he keeps up with it; he may surprise himself with what comes out.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers!

[BlindedxxFalcon]

I got into writing when was...6 or 7. I wrote my first story in 1st grade. And my grandmother still has a copy of it! I found some of my old writing I wrote when I was ...maybe 9? And it seriously sucked.

[Tensleep]

*Sputters and laughs uncontrollably* Riddeline Kid writing a book? That is too funny. Tell him to send it along to me when he's got something. If he's still got the attention span for it tomorrow, that is.

[Keira]

Oh, he's still working on it alright. He's got about three pages of it. He keeps asking me to look at it, and I'm afraid I'm going to spoil his drive if I attack it like I normally attack stories. Up until last night (when I first really took a horrified glance at the format) it was three pages of one big huge paragraph. Lol. It has since been divided up, on his own doing. But I'm sure he'd love you to look at it.