First Draft Finished

I am very pleased to have finished the first draft of my new book project after a two day writing marathon. I had about half the story written before Easter. Two days may not sound like much, but I had some hard topics to digest. The book is a children's book I'm writing in German for my boys and they gave some very specific wishes to work in. The story is about two boys aged 9 and 12 (just like mine) who find a magic Nintendo game which catapults them into a game set in biblical times. To solve the levels they need to read Bible stories and from those derive the way to solve the level.
My boys requested that a) the story should contain Bible stories they hadn't heard yet - which was no easy feat and I must admit that I partly failed - and b) that the crucifixion and ressurrection of Jesus should be featured. They wanted the children in the story to witness that. I was not a happy camper, I can tell you.
It did help to write these scenes so close to Easter and I hope I have done a decent job with it all. I will know next week when the boys return from Easter camp and I can read the story to them and hear their verdict.
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Published on April 19, 2017 11:44
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