Monday, September 23, 2013

The Boy on the Porch: Beginning


Usually I begin writing a story when a clear and insistent image appears in my mind of a character and a place. That initial image often becomes the opening image of the book, as it does here:


I'm curious about that boy and the people who find him, and so I write the story to learn more.

I hope that readers will be curious, too, and will read the story to learn more. . . and will like what they read.

xx

12 comments:

  1. That image and your words drew me instantly into wanting to know more and more about the couple and the boy. The gentle quality of the caring of the couple, not really know if it is taking place now or where, sort of "somewhere" added to not being able to put the book down. Well, I don't want to give anything away. But I have to say it left me hungry.
    Janet F. aka Janet Clare

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  2. Just finished reading this last week--loved it so much!!

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  3. I definitely know want to learn more! I look forward to finding out : )

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  4. what a wonderful beginning. i can't wait to read more! also, i think it's interesting that you write stories in order to learn more about your characters. hearing about your process is very inspiring.

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  5. My students and I want to know more. There is never enough time for reading aloud. I wish we could extend the school week and have one day solely for reading whatever we want to read.

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  6. Gros bisous à vous... Une publication intéressante.

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  7. How mysterious to me is the process of the writer......I just read it & was charmed by the sensitive portrayal of the characters...including the wonderful animals...the sheriff, oh so real...I wanted to know even more about Jacob, &, oops, I was just about to do a plot spoiler...Thank you again for sharing your stories.

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  8. So often we change without realizing that we've done so. Something unexpected occurs and a part of us that we didn't even know existed surfaces. We then forget the "old us." It's a a nearly seamless transition and the change is permanent.

    I think this happened to John and Marta when they discovered the boy on the porch. It changed them in unexpected ways. Their lives got much bigger—richer.

    Jacob's connection with animals and nature is heartwarming, as is the transition of John and Marta. It's a beautiful story.

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  9. Well, you done did it again. http://amomssparetime.blogspot.com/2013/10/review-boy-on-porch-by-sharon-creech.html

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  10. Thank you, Ami . . . a beautiful review.

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