My Son The Author

pandora205

Your son is obviously heavily into fantasy as a genre but how about introducing a little more realism. Thrillers/Spy fiction might be a not too huge leap, perhaps starting with material for later adolescents, such as Antony Horowicz? His current style is very creative and stylistically packed with description: it's a phase young writers sometimes go through before developing a more natural style.

busiscoming2

Can't help with book recommendations, but wanted to say secondhand bookshops would probably be a good place to look for cheap ones.

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pandora205 wrote: »

Your son is obviously heavily into fantasy as a genre but how about introducing a little more realism. Thrillers/Spy fiction might be a not too huge leap, perhaps starting with material for later adolescents, such as Antony Horowicz? His current style is very creative and stylistically packed with description: it's a phase young writers sometimes go through before developing a more natural style.

Its worth a try but remember the Aspergers lol.., he tends to be a bit resistant to changes.

poet123

I have seen lots of AS youngsters write in this style at this age, they are heavily influenced by online gaming andthedescriptionsand use of language often stems from this genre.

Savvy_Sue

deannatrois wrote: »

Its worth a try but remember the Aspergers lol.., he tends to be a bit resistant to changes.

:rotfl: Tell me about it, DS1 was also resistant to anything suggested by his parents. If a teacher suggested something, he'd lap it up, regardless of the fact that we'd suggested it and he'd said no, he didn't like it.

I'll tell you what I think he WOULD like, and that's Stephen Donaldson, the Thomas Covenant series. It's a mix of real world and 'other' world, with a social outcast moving from one to the other. And while there are adult themes, it's not too adult, IYSWIM.

And if he loves Pratchett, I've just remembered that Terry Brooks also did some less Tolkienish books, Magic Kingdom, which are hilarious!

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Yep Savvy_Sue, I'm pretty sure he'd love them and as the language is a lot plainer in style .., it would also show him another way of writing. Might be a good stepping stone lol. Sometimes u have to lead them without seeming to he he.

Savvy_Sue

We just gave up in the end. We found holidays were a good way of getting them onto 'new' authors: we didn't used to use the library a lot so would just say "We're off tomorrow, what books are you going to take?" and let them loose on our bookshelves. DS2 in particular needed a LOT of books for a week's holiday ... but DS1 was also a bookworm.

DS3 was more resistant, until we went to France one holiday. He didn't believe us when we said there would be TV, but it would be in French, and was reduced to reading Harry Potter on our 'quiet' days ... :rotfl: Happy days! He now reads a wide range himself, but he's not the bookworm his brothers were.

Oh, another thought, would he like things like the New Scientist series with titles like "Do Polar Bears get lonely?" It's questions NS readers have asked, with a range of answers. Lots of useless facts, often in an amusing style, but not fanciful.

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i have finally become sad enough to enter this into a compotition http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/contests/writing2010/ hope i win

nzmegs

all I can say is don't give up. My 11 year old son has what I would call an amazing talent at writing also. although he is into humour mixed with fantasy. he reads loads, but most of his imagination simply comes from within.
I write myself, but as my job is to write, I find I don't have the time to write the words I really want to say. it am simply hired to do a job which is no where near as fun. As a young person with few responsibilities now is the perfect time to hone your skills and learn your craft. One day when life takes over the writing may fall by the wayside and that is heart breaking when the talent is there ready to come out. make the most of the time you have now and always put time aside to nuture your talent.
Oh dear i sound a little bitter, but the thought of being able to write for pleasure is such a luxury. Now I write for money and that is something quite different. Don't worry, my punctuation and spelling skills leave a little to be desired too!

wannabe_sybil

deannatrois wrote: »

i have finally become sad enough to enter this into a compotition http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/contests/writing2010/ hope i win

I haven't clicked on the linky yet - but good luck for your son and I shall keep all crossed.