BOOK COVER MAGAZINE - WINTER EDITION - 2017

ALL ABOUT THE ANIMALS & THE ALPHABET
do all her writing and note-taking, tape
I
and every thought that comes to mind.
record
was the time to discuss her thoughts. We had
This
notebooks, one for each idea. Keeping up
three
I write everything down, I read it back to
Once
ensuring it’s written correctly and the
her
Se'Quince's thoughts was tricky. At times,
with
have vision for one thing, but her mind was
she'd
manner in which she intended.
thinking of something new. However, I
already
grab one of the notebooks an capture that
would
idea.
funny because it’s like she is proofreading
It’s
I have written down. No matter where
what
is, she’s always thinking of
Se’Quince
things to write. During seventh grade,
different
book, Life is a Journey mirrors Se’Quince’s
The
with cerebral palsy. It took two years to
life
visioned writing a book. but didn’t
Se’Quince
what to do with it. She kept it to herself
know
I had to remember back to when she
complete.
first born up until the end of the story. I had
was
she was ready to share. I've sat and
until
her facial expressions as she thought
watched
find my old pictures because that was my
to
Those pictures needed to be pieced
puzzle.
about ideas, but the puzzle wasn’t completed.
piece by piece, by piece. Once the
together,
was finished, Life is a Journey was born. I
puzzle
the timing was right and Se’Quince was
When
to share the many things that she wanted
ready
thought about writing as an everyday
never
I used it so Se’Quince could learn to
activity.
do; there wasn’t any way we could do them
to
-- at once! Se’Quince’s read using The
all
not as a way to become an author. Yeah,
write,
are people who write stuff in their diaries
there
Frog System. She would also keep
Leap
of current events by watching the
appraised
journals regarding their thoughts, life and
and
I didn’t look at it as an important part of
feelings.
news when she came home from school.
my daily life or Se’Quince’s.
when returning from work, we'd eat
Routinely,
discuss national events; which was the
dinner,
needed to teach my daughter to write for two
I
One, I won’t be here forever and two, it
reason.
technique in framing her first book.
a sense of independence. In 2014 when
created
how to write a book, I had all the
researching
is a Journey, without knowing if this
Life
was appropriate, I knew once we were
method
things to move forward. We just didn’t
right
how to pull it "all" together. That part took
know
I would find someone to help us to
ready,
sure everything was in order to make it
make
longest to figure out. We were novices in the
the
genre. We didn’t have one published author
book
into a great book.
the family. I had acquaintances and because I
in
their books, they offered to help and guide
read
becoming an author was not on my
Se’Quince
Se’ always been a happy-go-lucky kind
radar.
guiding me along the right paths to follow. I
me;
Se’Quince was already an author and didn’t
think
girl. Whatever she did made her face light
of
She was proud of each accomplishment.
up.
know it.
your time and be patient with your child,
Take
encourage daily writing activities. You may
and
nightly took about two hours and was
Writing
of our routing.
part
have a future author living in your house, too.
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