For the last couple of months we have been writing a very organized story. You might think that this story is just a bunch of words mixed together. But no. My classmates have had the amazing opportunity of being able to create a story with personal advise from an author. This author was Frances Dowell. She has been helping us create such imaginative stories. She gave us steps, advise and support.

Frances Dowell is a local author in Durham, NC. She mainly writes middle grade fiction books. The most recent book she wrote was, How to Build a Story . . . Or, the Big What If. This experience with her was such an interesting one. I hope to work with her again.

My story, The Hunt, is not quite finished yet but it is moving along quickly. I am hopeful that it will be finished by next week. I would like to take some time to share a part of my story. This part is not the start of my story but it is near the beginning. Here it is:

“Then it happened… again. I get sucked into a reality of thoughts. I think that I am in Hazel’s thoughts. She is letting me in. For the guard it was a lot harder. I see that she is thinking about me. When you are in someone’s thoughts it gets pretty loud if the person is thinking about many things. Witch Hazel definitely is. I didn’t get an exact message but I heard something like, “She is special.”. Right when she said ‘she’ I knew that she meant me. When I start thinking my own thoughts I get pulled out and fall straight back. Luckily, Hunter caught me right before I hit my head on the ground. I look up and see their faces hovering above me. “What am I?””. 

I hope that that section of my story was interesting. I plan on posting some more parts of my story if you would like. I will be sure to tell you when I am finished with it. Please, if you want, go look at Frances Dowell’s website.

There she has all of her books. I have not read any of her books yet but I plan to later this year. I will see you next time. Bye

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