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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2007 11:45:28 GMT -5
^ That's really cool that you guys had Author's Days and things like that. I would have loved to do something like that when I was in elementary school. All of the writing contests that I've entered were outside of school. I think it would have been awesome to do something like that in school.
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 15, 2007 17:37:32 GMT -5
It sounds like our programs were similar, cpenny, which isn't surprising since we lived pretty near each other and are about the same age. ;D I also hated illustrating the books and had some pretty funny looking ones. I still remember what a big deal it was that my dad brought home a huge computer from work to help me type up my story in second grade (I didn't have a computer until 6th grade). ;D
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Post by Lila on Dec 15, 2007 19:37:59 GMT -5
i hated Mallory's attitude in this book. Sure, her parents did boss her around and make her do all these ridiculous things
But Mallory brings her problems onto herself. She never tried to tell her mom "Mom! I am working on homework now!" or sat around at dinner and told them about the contest, how she wants to enter, and if she could please have some sort of compromise.
AND she left her best friends out of the picture! She didn't even explain to the BSC that she had a story contest! she just grumbled and bitched about it left and right expecting everyone to be mind readers.
I don't think she should have won the contest. She acted pretty snotty in the book and had a crappy attitude towards everyoen around her.
I think her losing the contest could have shown her a thing or two. And she could have worked hard for the next one. I don't know. That's just my thought on it.
Mallory is my least favorite girl because she always stirs trouble by bottling her emotions and then expecting people to be able to read them
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Post by mckay on Dec 16, 2007 19:52:45 GMT -5
This is something that occurs to me from time to time, but it seemed so weird to me that they were handwriting their stories out in those blue composition books. The way it was written made it seem like they were only doing one draft of their stories...and we never heard about Mal doing any editing. Makes me wonder about how the BSC books were written
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 16, 2007 20:27:41 GMT -5
^ We know how they were (or weren't) proofread. ;D
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Post by lyricalangel on Dec 17, 2007 2:12:11 GMT -5
^So true
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Post by u4me on Dec 17, 2007 23:14:23 GMT -5
After I read this book, I totally made a schedule of when I was to do homework, chores, etc. Needless to say, it didn't last very long. And there's nothing wrong w/ being a dorky redhead. Ahem.
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Post by fluffycakes on Jan 15, 2008 22:06:36 GMT -5
This is another one I just read for the first time, and I have mixed feelings about it. I really felt for Mal, and I know I'd go nuts if I were in her position. But on the other hand, Mal really should've said something to her parents about it! (Earlier, that is) Why the heck didn't she tell them about the contest? Mr. and Mrs. Pike seem to be fairly reasonable and I'm sure they would've let up on her if she'd told them about needing to write her story. As much as I felt for Mal, she sort of put herself in that position.
One thing that randomly bugged me about this book was the contest. It bothers me that there was a specific "Best Overall Fiction" category. Why wouldn't all of the students enter that category? It seems to be a kind of "best of the best" award, so it seems a bit bizarre that there was an actual category for it. I think that all entries should've automatically been under consideration for the award, and the judges would pick their favourite to give the prize to. But that's just me being really nitpicky! ;D
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 9, 2008 20:28:46 GMT -5
Every year at this time I think about this book cover and how it would be fun to play in some leaves with my siblings and best friend and some blonde girl who could either be one of my two blonde friends or just be some random person who walked by, saw the fun we were having, and decided to join in.
I just had to flip through this to find the schedule Mallory made out. I can't believe I have so many things to pick apart in her little 4 day plan. ;D How did she know how much time she would need for homework each night? On BSC meeting days the family ate dinner 1/2 hour later than on non-meeting days. My family so wouldn't have waited for me to come home before they started eating, lol. She had a set bedtime of 9PM. (Maybe she set that for herself, I don't remember. If she did then she was way too responsible.) I think it would be hard to set a time and say "Boom. I'm going to write creatively now." Ok, I'm done making fun of Mallory now because I think I've made a stupid schedule or two in my life.
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Post by bsclover18 on Oct 9, 2008 20:57:33 GMT -5
I agree that it's hard to know when you're going to be in the mood to write creativly. Over the summer I loved writing fan fics but now I'm just not into it as much.
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Post by candykane on Oct 10, 2008 8:42:21 GMT -5
One thing I hate is that Mallory is the only kid her parents ask to do things, as if all the other kids are incapable. The triplets are only a year younger than Mallory, yet they are written like they are little kids who can't do simple stuff to help out. And even the younger kids are perfectly capable of doing things like making a PBJ or wiping up their own spilled milk, yet it's always Mallory who has to pick up the slack. In a large family like that, everyone should be pitching in.
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 10, 2008 14:04:29 GMT -5
If you act like a doormat then you will be treated like a doormat. Mal's parents obviously weren't very observant when she was upset or wanted something but every single time all she had to do was SAY SOMETHING and they would pretty much OK what she asked for.
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Post by liss31d on Oct 12, 2008 13:25:43 GMT -5
I know! Didn't Byron spill milk and then Mallory was asked to clean it up? I never understand that!
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Oct 12, 2008 20:40:14 GMT -5
I agree that it's hard to know when you're going to be in the mood to write creativly. I agree with that too. Over the summer I'd made a list of goals to achieve and I put down for one of them, "write and actually complete a story," because with my school newspaper work and just schoolwork in general the stories I wanted to write usually ended up incomplete either because I was busy or ran out of ideas. Well I realized then that I couldn't force myself to be creative because I'd only gotten halfway done with the story I was writing over the summer because I was busy with other things. Hope that made sense . Btw, anybody ever get like a really cool idea for a story but you're nowhere near a computer or have a pen and paper nearby to write down your idea? I have and it sucks because a lot of potentially good stories never get off the ground because of that .
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Post by starrynight on Oct 13, 2008 10:58:27 GMT -5
^ I don't usually have that problem...I have a pretty good memory. My problem is that when I DO get ideas, I never take it much further than that.
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