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Jonathan is 9 years old.  And he reads books.  Lots of books.  And he reads them fast.  I was worried that he skipped over things he didn’t understand because he reads faster than I do.  I wanted to know what kind of books he was reading so I tried to read the books that he brought home.  But he would have them finished in one day and I would only be a few chapters into them.  So I gave up on that.

Then last month he decided he wanted to keep a blog.  So we got him set up with a blog.  His first post was about how to level up your character quickly in an MMORPG called Runescape.  It was every bit as good as many of the tutorials that I have read on many online games.  I was honestly a little bit surprised.

So then about 2 weeks ago, he told me that he had been working on a book at school and he needed a thumb-drive so he could bring it home and work on it here too.  When I first read it, he had written about 3000 words and was halfway through chapter 3.  And it was actually a good story.  The first chapter ended with a total cliff hanger.  “This is like a real book” I caught myself thinking.

So then I had parent teacher conferences.  His teacher is so impressed with him.  And apparently, everyone in his class loves his story and can’t wait to find out what happens next.  They asked the teacher to change the class schedule so Jonathan would have more time to finish the next chapter.  Another 4th grade teacher came to his class to read it.  And she asked for a copy so he could read it to her class.  And Jonathan had kids coming up to him during recess that he didn’t know asking about what happens next in the book.

He used to wake up early to get on my computer and play online games. Now he wakes up early to write.  He has now written over 7000 words.  The story is progressing and amazingly is staying as interesting as it did when I first picked it up.  This morning he told me that it is so fun that it has become like playing a game.  I figure it’ll be about a month before he is done with the first draft.  Then we’ll do some editing and and maybe he’ll give me permission to post it here.  If not, drop me a line and I’ll get him to email you a copy of it.

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