Recently, we’ve allowed Griffin and Maggie to use an old iPhone to play music while they are in the basement (usually while building things out of legos). Naturally, they explored the phone to find out what other things they could do with it. I locked it down pretty tight, but they discovered Apple’s “Notepad” app and realized that they could use it to write a story. They’ve written two chapters and are part way through the third. I’ll post them as they finish them.
Note that the overall work doesn’t have a title yet, though each chapter does. Also, although Griffin is tapping out the story, Maggie definitely gives lots of input. For example, she specifically suggested the word stumbled in the second paragraph of chapter one. No adults have had anything to do with editing or revision, though Griffin sometimes asks how to spell words. (Mostly he depends on the autocomplete feature to suggest spellings, but sometimes he’s not even sure how to begin.) After writing the first paragraph of chapter one, he was also stumped about how to keep the story moving. I gave him very broad advice about how stories depend on conflicts where characters have to overcome problems. I barely finished saying it when he was bursting with ideas.
Finally, Maggie wants it to be clear that this story isn’t about her (the real Maggie), but rather a fictional Maggie.
Chapter 1
Maggie’s story
It all started on a snowy January night, when Maggie was born. It’s a girl!!!! Said Sarah. she was so little!
When she was three she stumbled into a forest. She saw something
Rustling in a big blue bush when
she looked closer she saw that it was a monster. It’s name was bogeys. When bogeys saw Maggie bogeys charged at Maggie. Maggie ran but the monster caught Maggie 😞. Bogeys took Maggie to it’s lair. There were lots and lots of bogeys.
Maggie said get me home 🏡. Meanwhile at home Sarah said where is Maggie? it’s past her bedtime, i hope she’s safe. Sarah went looking for Maggie and then she saw footprints 👣 .she followed them she came to a cave when she looked inside she saw Maggie. and 5 bogeys guarding Maggie. Sarah had to get Maggie back but there was one problem it was that she would have to get past the bogeys. Sarah decided to go home 🏡 but when she got there her house 🏡 was GONE!!
To be continued!
Chapter 2
The case of the missing house 🏡
Sarah was furious. if she couldn’t find her house 🏡 then she couldn’t find a rope than she couldn’t tie the bogeys in knots then she couldn’t get Maggie back.
Sarah decided to go to the bogeys lair when she got there she signaled Maggie to distract the bogeys well Sarah go’s and take the phone 📱 and she did that then she called all the Maggie’s in the world 🌎
See this post for chapters 3-5.
